Re:Intellectuals urge Germany to keep nuclear plants online
by ulnarkressty on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @03:34PM
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It mostly revolves around storing waste (in other people's back yards), and the mess the government and companies made of it - storing it improperly in mines, and the barrels rusting after some years / leaking waste.
Unfortunately from talking to some of my (really smart) colleagues, this issue is so deeply ingrained that they don't even want to look at other options, or don't really think about that this is a long term problem vs the urgency of climate collapse...
Unfortunately from talking to some of my (really smart) colleagues, this issue is so deeply ingrained that they don't even want to look at other options, or don't really think about that this is a long term problem vs the urgency of climate collapse...
One article that goes a bit about this - https://www.dw.com/en/germany-may-not-see-proper-nuclear-was...