[inigyou]

When stable government collapses they're also going to be involuntary nature reserves.

[elcritch]

Not with modern fail-safe designs.

[inigyou]

Doesn't have to be a Chernobyl. Fuel leaching into the groundwater works just as well. And nobody has found a way to store those safely without continued maintenance.

[elcritch]

We have plenty of solutions for spent fuel storage as well as recycling fuel now. We just have NIMBY folks who protest it because they’re scared of “nuclear”.

[inigyou]

Nobody has ever invented one that survives by itself for the long term.