Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy
by t_mann on Saturday September 13, 2025 @03:55PM
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> why they were ever against nuclear power in the first place
With the technologies of the 20th century at least, we'd produce nuclear waste that will remain toxic for far longer than we can guarantee that any kind of warning we'd leave behind would still be intelligible. One could say that it's unethical to produce such a burden on future generations to satisfy our electricity needs. However, the moral calculus may be different today, apparently the waste produced by modern processes is far shorter-lived, and we are much more aware of the climate impact of the alternative power generation means.
With the technologies of the 20th century at least, we'd produce nuclear waste that will remain toxic for far longer than we can guarantee that any kind of warning we'd leave behind would still be intelligible. One could say that it's unethical to produce such a burden on future generations to satisfy our electricity needs. However, the moral calculus may be different today, apparently the waste produced by modern processes is far shorter-lived, and we are much more aware of the climate impact of the alternative power generation means.