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by tekkk 2413 days ago
You are ranting a bit too much. The reality isn't that excitingly gloom. If the waste would leak out, it would just contaminate the area around it (not that it wouldn't be bad). But it wouldn't cause the global armageddon as you describe it. I mean Chernobyl happened which was a far worse outcome (radioactive waste aerosolized due to the burning graphene), yet it didn't kill us off. Nuclear is scary, I understand your fear. But your thesis hangs a lot on the emotional side, so it's hard for me to emphasize with what you are saying.