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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by dmix on Saturday June 27, 2020 @03:55PM (#23664188)
> how much you value indigenous lives over corporations...

Why is this the dichotomy for supporting modern nuclear power plants? Or in this case a uranium processing plants?

Especially compared to burning burning and mining coal.

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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by hirsin on Saturday June 27, 2020 @08:33PM (#23665842)
It's not. The point is that antagonists of nuclear power need scary scenarios to make it effective, and "poisoning tons of people that you don't care about" isn't one of them.
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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by jnxx on Sunday June 28, 2020 @07:11AM (#23668032)
If you want an argument against new nuclear power, you need to look no further than at the costs of production:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_...

That's a projected 92£ per MWh, with likely further costs increases.

Compare that to currently around 60€ / MWh for new solar:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_parity

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