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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Nuclear power has one huge unsolved problem - what to do with nuclear waste.

Any moron who pretends that nuclear power is "clean" is lying through their teeth.

[b]Please educate yourself about nuclear waste before brainlessly repeating political talking points.[/b]

ALL power generation has disadvantages. Solar, wind and water energy all have issues. But none as potentially toxic and life-threatening as nuclear waste disposal.

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NP. I'm a nuclear engineer. Could you please help educate me on the issue of nuclear waste and why long term storage is so life threatening? I'm afraid that all I've learned has been nothing but political talking points. [/quote]
NP.

I grew up next to a nuke plant. Do you understand how much nuclear waste there is and how ugly it is to store it? I don’t think you all do. Nuclear cheerleaders tend to gloss over the fact that while we [i]can[/i] recycle nuclear waste, we [i]don’t[/i] recycle nuclear waste and it’s gotta go somewhere and it’s not pretty. Safe (-ish) but ugly as hell and spent fuel rods seem to be like rabbits in terms of how fast they pop up.

Truly, for those of you who want to pretend that nuclear is some magical, down side free solution, volunteer your own backyard for beautiful dry cask storage. Some of our backyards are all full up and dumping it on the sacred lands of the Shoshone and the Paiute is not acceptable. https://sacredland.org/yucca-mountain-united-states/ If you want nuclear so bad, stop NIMBYing and step up. [/quote]
Also - if you’re a nuclear engineer, playing dumb isn’t cute. [/quote]

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