Canada battles more than 180 wildfires with hundreds dead in heat wave

Re:Canada battles more than 180 wildfires with hundreds dead... by AlmaElma on Monday July 05, 2021 @10:44AM (#27738497)

> (and modern solutions are both safe and have limited/reusable waste).

can you point me to something trustworthy that proves this point? I am not too much into the topic of nuclear energy but the last time I spent a night or two reading up on it the waste part still felt like a huge drawback.

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Re:Canada battles more than 180 wildfires with hundreds dead... by rglover on Monday July 05, 2021 @10:51AM (#27738551)

The most trustworthy research I've read [0]/watched [1] is by Gwyneth Cravens.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Power-Save-World-Nuclear-Energy/dp/03...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RKtIs10R6Q (hosted by the Long Now Foundation)

Though a bit thin on info, this page from the DoE is interesting (links to some more in-depth stuff that I haven't read yet): https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-....

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