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by Moldoteck 1083 days ago
-nuclear is realiable and cheap after built -living next to nuclear vs next to coal plant/hydro dam isn't that bad -japan wasn't able to handle one plant, and almost none were killed(most deaths were from tsunami -Long term is solved: Sweden is building a special storage place. Combine with vitrification(solidification of waste) it's going to be ok -cost is still negligible compared to cost/problems we have now bc of pollution -France can reprocess 95% of nuclear fuel, actually 17% of their el energy is from reprocessed nuclear, the rest 5% should be stored for ~300 yrs to handle most dangerous radiation. Combined with vitrification, you get a safe way to store a solid form waste in a single controllable place instead of spreading it in the air(fossils) So yeah, most of the fears are driven by fossil propaganda