[mejutoco]

> The paranoia around nuclear power is tied to generational fear mongering of governments during the Cold War

And Chernobyl. And Fukushima. Nuclear is great but it has some very real risks

[ndsipa_pomu]

Don't forget Windscale and Three Mile Island

[butlike]

Nuclear won't be ready until fusion (so if ever). The only safe nuclear is when the byproduct is helium

[amanaplanacanal]

Just for curiosity, are there proposed fusion reactor designs that don't create nuclear waste? I haven't followed what's going on in that space at all.

[butlike]

All fusion reactors by definition (to my understanding) don't produce the same waste we're used to since it doesn't require fission. The byproduct is literally helium. If a catastrophe happens, the reactor implodes instead of explodes, so the concern for the surrounding environs is far less than with fission reactors. The only issue is that fusion reactors have been perpetually out-of-reach for decades.