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Re:Death rates from energy production per TWh by pjc50 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:23AM (#19909754)
We literally do not have time for "few decades". This is why we're building out renewables at the rate we are.

(Also, the breeder reactors only use spent fuel - most "waste" by volume is lower level waste of various kinds. Especially from decommissioning.)

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Re:Death rates from energy production per TWh by ljf on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:34AM (#19909872)
Totally this - I've often seen it stated that all the spent nuclear fuel in the world could fit in a lorry. Great - whoop.

But that ignores the huge amount of other radioactive wastes that are generated each day, and have no 'useful' future ahead of them right now - other than landfill in a 'secure' site.

Totally agree that we need to stop polluting our air and needlessly killing 4 million people a year with emissions - but we really need a realistic plan if we are going to go the nuclear route.

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