• Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Not really. It’s not economical and never has been. Civilian use of nuclear energy has only ever been a cover for nuclear arms development.

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      13 hours ago

      people down voting you haven’t considered the cost of dealing with the waste. Consider how long and expensive Hanford Washington cleanup is and how much damage it’s done to the environment around it. Then there’s Fukushima Japan. The damage will be dealt with for a 1000 years. And the reactors that don’t break still have so many spent rods and other waste that can’t just be thrown away. The best idea was to store it in the bottom of old mines but nobody wants it shipped over their backyard to get it there. It’s a dead end.