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A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up
(www.theguardian.com)
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why the fuck do people still think nulcear energy is bad for the environment? it scales easily enough to displace coal and gas and petrol.
I took a tour of this plant, having lived about 20mi south of it, little city called NYC. One issue this particular plant kept getting called out on, but couldn't remediate (????) was low amounts of tritium leaking into the groundwater.
Even after installing a large network of sensors around the plant, they still could not identify the source, after several years... As an engineer, that's the kind of 'small' detail which tickles the Spidey senses, indicating something more serious is afoot, organizationally.
Jane Fonda was easy on the eyes, made a movie about how bad nuclear power is.
looks like shit to me
Why is it the people who can't even spell nuclear always forget about the waste.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste
The reason waste isn't being brought up is because modern designs do not produce nearly as much waste, and much safer waste, than previous technologies. Breeder reactors are able to produce more fissile material than they consume, and produce only waste products that have short half lives (less than 100 years). This is a long time from human perspectives, but it means that we do not have to design functionally indefinite storage for these materials any longer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor
Fascinating, In your first link it mentions hundreds of years which is itself is a great improvement. But it also cautions of a lot of people's fears.
"Nuclear engineer David Lochbaum cautions, "the problem with new reactors and accidents is twofold: scenarios arise that are impossible to plan for in simulations; and humans make mistakes".[49] As one director of a U.S. research laboratory put it, "fabrication, construction, operation, and maintenance of new reactors will face a steep learning curve: advanced technologies will have a heightened risk of accidents and mistakes. The technology may be proven, but people are not"."
Well, considering the ones clammoring for it, specifically, are ANTI-environmentalists, forgive me if I have a hard time trusting a source of energy that's proven to be catastrophic for most life in the past. I get it: people are talking about how totally safe it is now, but again. It's specifically ANTI-environmentalists saying this and pushing for nuclear. I'll wait for people with genuine compassion for the environment and not contrarians to accept it before I do.
That is pure fiction
Nuclear power, EVEN COUNTING CHERNOBYL, 3 MILE ISLAND, AND FUKUSHIMA, is safer than coal, oil, natural gas, and even wind and hydropower.
https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61253-7/abstract