[lukan]

"We could’ve had essentially free clean electricity"

Did you ever handled radioactive material yourself?

Or watched how Uranium mining works and what gets left behind?

I doubt that.

[Moldoteck]

Uranium mining nowadays is pretty environmentally friendly. More than half of global production is in situ mining. Nuclear also requires least amount of mining per kwh vs alternatives https://ourworldindata.org/low-carbon-technologies-need-far-...

[NamlchakKhandro]

Have you?

[lukan]

Yes. I was born and live close to a site where Uranium was extensively mined and cannot confirm clean nor safe.