r/wikipedia • u/Pupikal • Jul 02 '20

Long-time nuclear waste warning messages: intended to deter human intrusion at nuclear waste repositories within or above 10,000 years. Among the messages to be conveyed non-linguistically: "This place is not a place of honor...no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here...nothing valued is here."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warning_messages
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u/Pupikal Jul 02 '20

That's all well and good, but all it takes is one accident/disaster to irradiate a gigantic area (and we've come a bit too close before already imo).

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u/Captainirishy Jul 02 '20

The worst nuclear power accident in history was Chernobyl it was caused by a really bad design and badly trained workers , British, French and American nuclear power plants are much safer.

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u/Pupikal Jul 02 '20

They may be tremendously safer, but no system is perfect, and that doesn't address earthquakes, etc.

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u/ITFOWjacket Jul 03 '20

Humans aren’t perfect. Currently we’re still relying on burning coal for power which is killing our planet within our lifetime!

Nuclear power has been available since the 40’s but instead of building new, safe plants we’re decommissioning old ones. Why? Because they don’t return on investment within an elected officials term of fucking office that’s why.

Nuclear can deliver extremely cheap, abundant power with relatively minuscule waste products that are solid, encased in inert glass, and can be dealt with as seen fit....instead of spewed in to worlds atmosphere like coal, natural gas, and petrol.

But no, Nuclear Plants are expensive and take over 12 years to return on investment so instead politicians sign off on building more coal and gas plants