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Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (17 children)

Just because it's safe doesn't mean it's the best we have right now.

It's massively expensive to set up
It's massively expensive to decommission at end of life
Almost half of the fuel you need to run them comes from a country dangerously close to Russia. (This one is slightly less of a thing now that Russia has bogged itself down in Ukraine)
It takes a long time to set up.
It has an image problem.

A combination of solar, wind, wave, tidal, more traditional hydro and geothermal (most of the cost with this is digging the holes. We've got a lot of deep old mines that can be repurposed) can easily be built to over capacity and or alongside adequate storage is the best solution in the here and now.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You realise you don't need to decomission entire building at EOL?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about the storage for the used fuel? This is a massive problem for any country not occupying half a continent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As first step separate useful isotopes from used fuel. Most of used fuel are them. The rest won't be as big.

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