• kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Where the fuck we gonna put all the waste product? I’m not saying nuclear power is bad, far from it, but we have two problems here:

    • Its cost prohibitive to build new Third Generation reactors that are fault tolerant, and moreso to assure that all the Second Generation reactors are fully fault tolerant given how adjacent they are to flood plains and fault lines in the US
    • Where the fuck are we gonna put the waste at? Yucca Mountain is off the table for good, WIPP is nearing capacity for a pilot plant, and we have nothing like Onkalo planned out despite the funding being there many times over
    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      What’s wrong with nuclear waste? Is it radioactive or something? Like the original uranium we got out of the ground?