Waste management and environmental concerns are already bad with coal power (even worse than nuclear power, in the sense that nuclear doesn’t launch waste into the air as far as I know, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)

Although, yes, security has to be higher for nuclear power, but nuclear is not as bad as most people think

[+] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee -9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no solution for nuclear waste. It's buried underground it takes millennia to disperse the radiation. Don't think there is anything worse environmentally.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can’t think of anything worse than radiactive material that has been solidified and shielded and buried far away from any living creatures, in the same way that tons of naturally-occurring radioactive material has for millennia?

I mean… It could be dispersed into the atmosphere… like what happens when we burn coal, which inevitably has some radioactive materials in it cuz we dug it up from deep underground.

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, cos that radiation dispersal from fossil fuels, which is failing to turn us all into mutants since it is so low in concentration compared to nuclear waste, great comparison.

Best check your nuclear storage. It hasn't been doing well of late. B109 Hanford Nuclear Reservation leaking 1300 gallons a year. 200000 gallons already leaked from 67 tanks leaking.

75% of US nuclear sites have leaks.

Plenty more examples of your "safe" waste storage around.