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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by Nicksil on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:15AM (#35579916)
>Actually not every way though.. nuclear waste has to go somewhere.

I don't understand your argument; of course waste must go somewhere. Nuclear power, with its waste, is still cleaner than fossil fuels in every way.

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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by benfortuna on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:35AM (#35580063)
I'm not saying nuclear is worse than fossil fuels, just that we don't know the future impact of waste with such a long half-life. So I don't think it's demonstrably cleaner "in every way".
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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by Nicksil on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:40AM (#35580106)
>I'm not saying nuclear is worse than fossil fuels, just that we don't know the future impact of waste with such a long half-life.

No, we've got a pretty good idea.

>So I don't think it's demonstrably cleaner "in every way".

It is, objectively.

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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by DrBazza on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:20AM (#35579950)
> nuclear waste has to go somewhere.

My stock comment for that is: bury it deep and with signs; if we've lost the ability to read the signs, we've lost the ability to dig deep and endanger ourselves.

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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by Nicksil on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:31AM (#35580032)
Indeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warnin...
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