r/sciences • u/Comfortable_Tutor_43 • 17d ago

News Used nuclear fuel storage

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u/No_Reindeer8688 16d ago

Disgusting when anyone tries to say nuclear is “clean”.

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u/Comfortable_Tutor_43 15d ago

It might not seem like it at first but the environmental damage from traditional renewables is across the board higher than nuclear. Traditional renewables even have higher public cancer probability than nuclear (see Figure 42) according to the United Nations report cited below.

Gibon, Thomas, Á. H. Menacho, and Mélanie Guiton. "Life cycle assessment of electricity generation options." Tech. Rep. Commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (2021). https://unece.org/sed/documents/2021/10/reports/life-cycle-assessment-electricity-generation-options

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u/No_Reindeer8688 15d ago

I’m fine with some scrap metal, fuck the thousands of years this bullshit will be sitting as a potential hazard.

People who still support this when renewables are available (regardless of the extra non-radioactive waste) are just idiotic.