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by cobrausn 4724 days ago
Nuclear power is proven technology. Solar and renewable sources continue to ask for decades of research and funding to hope to be nearly as capable of providing as much power.

As an aside, having one does not exclude using / researching the other.

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1. Read "Normal Accidents" by Charles Perrow.

2. Alternately laugh and cry as you read the nuclear plant chapter(s).

3. Begin to seriously consider marching in the streets to protest new and existing nuclear plants (of the common, standard models).[1]

[1] More modern designs without tightly coupled systems and associated risks (thorium, molten salt, pebble-bed, whatever) seem very promising.