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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by tda on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:48PM (#28121510)
Don't forget the substantial costs to clean up. Just think about growing up in a world full of EOL nuclear plants left by generations before you that need to be cleaned up... In a political unstable world due to an ongoing climate crisis.

Even today we as a whole struggle with decommissioning nuclear plants, and the costs are astronomical this is already a huge problem now, let alone in a post climate change world

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

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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by MagnumOpus on Monday August 09, 2021 @05:49PM (#28122736)
Just think about a world full of EOL toxic waste ash ponds left by coal power plants, each of them vastly more toxic and teratogenic than any nuclear plant, let alone a decommissioned one.

In fact, you don’t need to imagine it, you are living the dream.

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