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The 7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change (eu.boell.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Gloomy@mander.xyz to c/green@lemmy.ml
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This is a (slightly older) article about Nuclear Energy and climate change. It's a hottly debated topic in climate communities, so I thought some of you would enjoy to read it.

Another article that brings up some more points against nuclear power can be found here.

I'd be interested what you ppl think of the matter.

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[–] kilgore@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What about the newly conceived thorium reactors that use the nuclear "waste" (spent fuel) to create energy? I think nuclear as we know it might be out of date,but that doesn't mean the technology can'tcontinued to develop in new and better ways.

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd say they are not yet commercially usable on a big scale, but then again the same has to be said about battery usage for renewables.

The again, both areas need money and funding and I think it would be better directed towards storage solutions, because they don't come with the downsides of Nuclear. I have to admit tough that I am not well read about thorium rector, so if there are flaws in this view by all means point them out.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago

Thorium and molten salt reactors are extremely hard to build because of corrosion from the salts. I believe newer designs (like accelerated neutron ones) can use the current waste and produce more fuel if needed.