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Re:Nuclear Power in France by shakow on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:13PM (#28842305)
> Because nuclear is the only one with multigenerational risks that can make entire regions inhabitable.

I'm glad to know climate change will be a solved problem for my children.

> Hiding waste is not a viable solution to dealing with it

Why? Is just dropping it in the atmosphere better?

> and you came safely use the land underneath for farming or other uses.

Not really. There are safety margins, noise regulations, concrete platforms, electrical connections, ...

> Not to mention the ecological devastation related to ruining a square mile of land permanently for centuries

They don't remove the foundations either when windmills are done.

> I said solar.

So the energy for which you would require dozens of millions of square mils of surface, a cleaning system to prevent them to lose 30% of their efficiency in a year, whose construction process is incredibly polluant, and that doesn't work for half a year in half of the world? That sounds like a great large-scale solution.

Re:Nuclear Power in France by saalweachter on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:47PM (#28842712)
> I'm glad to know climate change will be a solved problem for my children.

You don't even need to jump to climate change when you have coal seam fires and ash ponds.