[preisschild]

> First of all, of course one country should be able to influence other countries in the EU

Blocking other countries tends to make member states hate each other, which isn't good for the EU.

> Secondly, the waste products of nuclear reactors are much more problematic than CO2

You literally just put them inside steel concrete casks [1] after they were in a pool for a few years. You can even hug those casks safely. Whereas the CO2 is in the air we breathe and in the atmosphere, where it contributes to global warming.

How is this "more problematic"?

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_cask_storage

[nottorp]

> How is this "more problematic"?

Just like more people are afraid of airplane accidents in spite of them being much more likely to die in their own car.

[natmaka]

> Just like more people are afraid of airplane accidents

This doesn't compute: avoiding being a victim of a plane accident is rather simple: don't hop on any plane and your are something along the .99999 covered.

Avoiding being threatened (and many generations after you) by a nuclear major accident or erring 'hot' nuclear waste is way (WAY!) more difficult.

[nottorp]

So you are walking to work right? If you avoid airplanes, why not extend this to cars?

[s1artibartfast]

I don't think it's a slam dunk for banning nuclear, but agree with the parent post that consent to risk is a valid part of the conversation.

Car or plane, the people most exposed to the risk have some choice in the matter - to fly, drive, or be around vehicles.

New considerations are introduced when those exposed to the risks of your choice maybe hundreds of miles away with no say, or even yet to be born.

[preisschild]

Its very similar. Most people "at risk" for a accident in a nuclear power plant are the workers. There are multiple redundancies that make sure dangerous levels of radioactive isotopes are not released to the public. Thats why every western nuclear power plant has required containment buildings basically forever. Chernobyl didn't, which is why it affected the environment / nearby people.

[natmaka]

No containment is perfect. In French nuclear plants it has to "contain" most of the stuff for at least 72 hours, but no one sees it as a sealed repository and it sure isn't.

[s1artibartfast]

The point I'm making is about consent and the mechanisms of decision making, not the actual risk levels involved.

[natmaka]

The misdeeds of some (nuclear...) do not constitute mitigating circumstances for others (cars...).

[moi2388]

It’s not. Example: I’ve never been in contact with nuclear waste, yet constantly breathe in the co2 from coal plants.

[natmaka]

Scoop: it now is not about "nuclear vs. coal" but "nuclear vs. renewables".