Why More and More Environmentalists Want to Go Nuclear

Re:Why More and More Environmentalists Want to Go Nuclear by ncmncm on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:58PM (#30592596)

We don't refine waste because it costs more than refining mined uranium. Which itself costs a lot.

Everything around nukes is massively expensive -- building, fueling, operating. To the extent they steal money from building out renewables and storage, everything spent on them only adds to the climate crisis.

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Re:Why More and More Environmentalists Want to Go Nuclear by jeherr on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:22PM (#30592842)

If we're talking about the limit on the global supply only lasting us about 100 years, then it's irrelevant that it costs more now because the point is fissile material still exists and is a viable source for more energy beyond what the OPs projection was.

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Re:Why More and More Environmentalists Want to Go Nuclear by ncmncm on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:20AM (#30600824)

What is irrelevant is that fissile material is still available at enormous cost when the alternative, not paying for it, yields much more available power output.

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