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thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Nuclear is the lesser evil. But I think we should be clear that nuclear can Have a catastrophic effect on the environment if manged incorrectly. Like render entire swaths of earth inhabitable. Like beyond high temperature. Places that mean immediate silent death

But properly managed nuclear is like the greatest thing to ever happen to humanity.

But I will say in light of recent… Events, my faith that humanity could properly manage our waste if nuclear were to become more prolific has wained dramatically.

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Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I have 3 issues with nuclear power plants.

Centralised power generation is and will always be a focus of military conflict

Nuclear power plants are not fully covered by insurance because such an insurance is too expensive. So the risk calculation of insurance agencies tells them to not risk it.

No one wants nuclear plants in their area, or at least the storage sites.

And yet, people will tell me how nuclear is the way to go. They ignore all these reasons, while insisting that nuclear plants are safe.

This feels like when people tell you that we need to help the poor but they get mad when our taxes go up, and most of us don’t do shit for them on their own. It is so cheap to speak.
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waitmarks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Immediate silent death is grossly over exaggerating. Even in Chernobyl which was absolute worst case scenario that can’t happen with modern designs, the “immediate death” area was directly around the plant.

The concern is cancer in 30 years, not immediate death. Not that trying to downplay cancer, but it really only makes it uninhabitable for humans who live much longer than 30 years. A lot of wildlife basically doesn’t notice since their lives are shorter. It doesn’t mean we should be cavalier about irradiating the environment, but there is no need to go around calling it immediate death.

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- thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Keep in mind significant effort was put into ensure Chernobyl didn’t experience further thermal detonation. It could get a lot worse. Especially with bigger reactors.
  
  All being said there are safer reactor types but do you really trust the same people who put doge in charge with getting that implemented correctly so it doesn’t explode? Especially with the increased interest in small scale reactors that would be much closer to people.
  
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RamenJunkie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean, we COULD manage itnproperly, but we also NEED tonslowly chip away at that safety budget each quarter to please shareholders.

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