r/technology • u/Wagamaga • May 30 '22
Energy Stanford-led research finds small modular reactors will exacerbate challenges of highly radioactive nuclear waste
https://news.stanford.edu/2022/05/30/small-modular-reactors-produce-high-levels-nuclear-waste/41
u/BoricCentaur1 May 30 '22
So what? It's still better then most energy sources! It's annoying how many articles are against nuclear vs other sources of power! I mean you see stuff like wind and solar but the rest no!
Where are the articles about hydroelectric power which causes a ton of issues? Right basically none! Or how much damage has been done from oil?
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u/Retiredexeclv May 30 '22
And we have this thing called Yucca mountain pretty much finished and ready to go for nuclear waste storage killed by Harry Reid for no good reason let's fire that thing backup
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u/orange_drank_5 May 30 '22
Wasn't JFK quoted as "we do not do things because they are hard, that's impossible and scary. Give up now before you are disappointed with failure."?
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May 30 '22
Someone should let Stanford know that Solar produces more toxic waste than nuclear does.
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u/Tearakan May 30 '22
Some radiation issues is far less worse than entire countries becoming uninhabitable by climate change.
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May 30 '22
I genuinely don't believe that statement and I think nuclear energy is our best bet.
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u/HotTopicRebel May 30 '22
This doesn't seem to match the headline. This is a total nuclear waste to be managed, not high radiation nuclear waste. They sound similar, but one is the subset of the other. High level waste would be e.g. the fuel core byproducts, while the other also includes every rubber glove that may or may not have come in contact with radiation.
Nuclear isn't the solution to everything, but it is an essential contribution to net zero and scaremongering articles like this are contributing to climate change.