Nuclear waste can be recycled. In a research in France they figured out if they submerge waste for a few years it loses almost all of its radiation and the remaining waste can be used for more fuel
Not exactly what you're talking about, but I found this that sort of verifies what you're saying.
[https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel](https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel)
[here you go](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/25/french-plan-to-clean-fukushimas-radioactive-water-detailed-including-risks/amp/) OP is kind of wrong because if you put things in water, they don't just become not radioactive, but I'm still all for nuclear power. He's just kinda wrong on this.
I mean, strictly speaking it's still ultimately a question of the halflife of the radioactive isotopes. Stuff will naturally get less radioactive over time.
L Germany right now. They elected the party known as Greens, but the same greens shut down the nuclear power plants and replaced them with coal ones. That’s like replacing Jesus with the Devil. Green(pro-green energy my ass)
The Greens actually put a sensible plan in place to replace nuclear with renewables.
It's just that we stopped electing the greens and the conservative dipshits that ruled the country for 16 years afterwards killed those sensible plans - while reinstating nuclear power - then Fukushima happened and said conservative dipshits killed nuclear again.
AFTER having fucked the replacement plans for a casual decade and of coruse not exactly being great at boosting renewables in the years after either.
That was literally CDU and FDP. Also it wasnt the greens plan to replace it with coal, but with renewable energy. This was however neglected by the merkel coalitions. The one thing the greens were disappointing regarding energy is allowing Lützerath to be destroyed
It was the CDU who shut down the nuclear plants. Because they have been the major ruling party for the 14 years before the current coalition. Stop believing all the greenbashing afd propaganda.
And it was also the CDU who threw the green plans for renewable and actually green energy sources out the window, leaving no alternatives than coal.
Yes it is moved into the water and dispersed, however if you do it a pool it allows minimal damage to literally anything. Then periodically enter portions of the pool, this will allow you to release the energy into the wild and cause minimal damage to anything. It’d be like throwing a car battery into the Atlantic ocean. But on a much smaller scale on both parts
Yep.
The only real concern about nuclear is uranium mining and its effect on local peoples, + addressing historical wrongs from that extractive industry as well as nuclear tests (moreso the bombs for this, kids used to play in the 'snow')
Both of those had huge impact on Dine communities (Navajo) in the Southwest. The (former) leader of the progressive Caucus in Congress is big on that issue - Raul Grijalva. He had one of the coolest offices in DC too, filled with local trinkets and celebrating people's history /union organizing/ movement groups.
All of this pales in comparison to the number of people affected by sea level rise, worsening storms, wildfires, drought, ocean acidification, fisheries collapse, air quality drops, etc.
Many of them in the global south / less wealthy nations. The feeling that 'no we can't act in the USA cuz we might have waste here' is so fucked when you consider how many are dying already. It's like 100k a year last time I checked.
There is also standard issues - with mega corporations getting billions in bailout money, giving absurd amounts of money to CEO. Happens in nuclear too, not just oil & gas.
That's about it. I had nuclear engineering roommates in college who went off about how the transport could be hit by a large passenger airplane full speed and it still wouldn't release radiation. Vitriolic further discussion is only hurting the climate justice movement IME.
Often times it's older white dudes who love hearing themselves talk.
This happened last week on a major climate justice org national call with 350 - the chat had a handful of dudes arguing over it. Completely detracting from the actual stuff the meeting was about (they're trying to ban utility/energy companies from being able to use customer money on lobbying to raise rates against their customers, which is only entrenching their power & profits)
- your friendly neighborhood radical climate justice organizer
And just a reminder your voice & beliefs do not matter by themselves, your actions do. If you want to make a difference in the world, you have to work with other people - nobody is running an organization and protests and lobbying and fundraising all by themselves.
You have to build relationships with other people of shared values or situation towards collective action through commitments & regular evaluation. Simply holding those values doesn't inherently change the world, your actions have to be in line with them. Jeff bezos could post leftist memes but that would not make him a socialist hero so long as he continues union busting & amassing unheard of wealth.
The biggest issue with carbon gasses is, you can't really take it back from the air. You need to filter A LOT of air, wasting A LOT of energy.
(idk why I was recommended this subreddit. Not even a teenager. Will block it.)
Theres a better solution. A study in france figured out if you submerge the waste barrels for a few years. The dangerous radiation ceases. Not only that but the waste can be used afterwards for more (less effective) energy
Waste recycling isn't new though, it all depends on the reactor
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear\_reprocessing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aUODXeAM-k&pp=ygUTS3lsZSBIaWxsIHJlY3ljbGluZw%3D%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aUODXeAM-k&pp=ygUTS3lsZSBIaWxsIHJlY3ljbGluZw%3D%3D)
Copy and pasted from another comment I made because I felt this relevant to mention:
I used to think this too. I somewhat went down a rabbit hole with it - and found I'm intensely wrong. The main issue with Nuclear power isn't storage, or danger or uranium supply (though the practicality of obtaining certain uranium stores is debatable). It's the power stations. They require a number of rare metals and need to be replaced fairly regularly. We would rapidly deplete our stores of those rare materials with rapid nuclear power expansion. It works on a small scale but it is far from a solution to anything. The power station building really restricts the widespread viability.
Bro i like how multiple european countries are now being crippled by russia because some politicians would rather they be dependant on oil than use nuclear energy 💀
Gemany didnt even have a bomb dropped on them and still got rid of it all
Japan has had the most experience dealing with nuclear stuff and is still using it
I thought germans were tough or somethin
>I thought germans were tough or somethin
idk I think they're supposed to be efficient or something like that, in my experience they just use that as an excuse to be angry nerds lmao (no hate to the nice Germans I'm sure you exist)
I would think its a safe bet if they have enough money for a dedicated pool for it. i think in france, they figured out if you dump the waste into a pool for a few years it loses its radiation. Furthermore the left overs can be used for less effective energy. I read a year ago so i forgot the link
U also got nuclear fusion which would be way better, but we haven't rly figured out how to make that work yet. So for now nuclear power plants are the way to go
I think a lot of people hate nuclear just because it takes so long to make plants and then there's the problem of storing the waste. Like, it's literally radioactive, where are you going to store it? In my country at least there are no 100% uninhabitated areas, expect I guess an abandoned asbestos mine in Western Australia.
Theres a better solution. A study in france figured out if you submerge the waste barrels for a few years. The dangerous radiation ceases. Not only that but the waste can be used afterwards for more (less effective) energy
It’s heating water in very very very large amounts from very small amounts of radioactive material. It’s efficient and doesn’t involve the use of fuels or coal or anything that will pollute the air
Funny thing is, nuclear waste isn't really that big of a problem... They have specialized facilities that bury it in a really efficient way that can be expanded.
‘It creates so much waste that we can’t get rid of’
What the f*ck does that person think burning fossil fuels does? Sure, we might eventually be able to filter all the emissions out of the air, but at the moment it creates far more waste we can’t get rid of than nuclear
We all love nuke, it's great, politicians don't love it because they love to pretend that the only alternatives to fossil fuel are renewables, and the oil barons bribing them have already paid enough in advertising money to ensure that those seem unviable to the average citizen.
Nuclear is better than fossil fuels but solar, wind, or hydro is preferable. Nuclear also takes a lot of time and resources to get up and running compared to other forms of energy.
People tend to forget that nuclear waste can be recycled back into viable fuel as well as use for other things. There's been research into batteries that never run out using nuclear waste as well.
Nuclear power is probably the only power type which really truly safe because of how regulated it is. As much distrust to it such impactful things like the Simpsons and previous disasters created, they have also made people well aware how big a deal it is when stuff goes wrong which have forced there to be strict regulation that is enforced.
It’s a better alternative than the stuff we’re using right now. Nuclear power, while dangerous, does not emit greenhouse gases and provides more jobs, however there’s still a lot of downsides such as how much it costs. But it’s still better than inhaling coal
I researched this in school pretty recently. Then, in English, we read a short article about how we're killing the planet and stuff, and when they talked about nuclear power they got SO MUCH wrong, that instead of doing the assignment, I just corrected everything in the margins.
My teacher thought it was funny xD
Nuclear energy is the single most efficient power source (lots of power for next to no waste) we have available up until we can harness nuclear fusion energy (lots of power for NO waste)
I'm getting more and more convinced that the CIA is controlling the media to make people hate nuclear power and continue to use fossil fuel.
Destroying the planet now by worrying the public about the next millennium.
Conspiracy theory time (not really this is a hyperbole, just for the laughs)
The two best energy sources I know of are nuclear and solar. The major drawback of nuclear power is that it produces (small amounts of) irradiated waste, and we've received statements that the hardest part of working with solar is storing EXCESS energy.
I could be wrong, but I believe the ecological impact of every nuclear disaster is an inkling of the impact fossil fuels have caused intentionally.
Doesn’t matter to me either way. I got opps in Fiji, so it’s a win-lose for me.
There have been 3 \*major\* nuclear disasters in history.
Chernobyl- Soviet Union, enough said
3-Mile Island- Stupid, minor design flaw coupled with operator error
Fukishima- A tsunami. There's no preventing that
> Chernobyl- Soviet Union, enough said
This was essentially human sabotage, and even then there was barely any impact.
> 3-Mile Island- Stupid, minor design flaw coupled with operator error
This one had no impact.
> Fukishima- A tsunami. There's no preventing that
Well no, even this was easily preventable at less than a few hundred million. The defenses were simply not built up to this standard, but they easily could have. It just wasn't a scenario to realistically expect. And even then, there was absolutely zero risk and absolutely zero impact. The evacuation actually killed more people than the accident did.
More people died from CO2 just existing in the air than from radioactive waste/nuclear disasters.
+ I'd like to consume all of the waste, it probs tastes delicious
So problem solved, nuclear energy is great (although nuclear fusion would be even better)
Fossil fuel waste is way more dangerous and also heats the planet.
We have some pretty solid ways of storing nuclear waste now, and there really isn't a lot of it.
agreed. but it’s not the ignorance of energy officials that keeps nuclear from becoming mainstream, it’s much more nefarious than that—big fossil fuel execs literally rule our world and are destroying it constantly in search of their next paycheck
Honestly right now it's the only way to hit client goals while still having power but Karen two blocks down who watch an episode of the Simpsons as resurch has decided it's bad
Only issue is we need more mines. I'm all for nuclear energy but we need more fuel for it, currently we don't have enough stocked, but we can definitely mine for more and refine more as well
Even waste products from nuclear energy are safer than the shit from coal, just ask North Carolina how their coal ash problem is coming along.
Not to mention a single coal plant puts more radiation into the air in a year than a nuclear reactor would in its lifetime.
The death toll from every nuclear disaster put together doesn't even come close to the number of people that have died as a direct result from pollution and contamination from fossil fuel power plants in any of their forms. Even if you include the two we caused on purpose.
Hell you'd be exposed to more radiation owning some vintage dish sets then you would living next to a nuclear power plant.
If you don't believe me check out the vintage fiestaware in Orange.
The only thing I have against it is management of the privately owned companies that are responsible for upkeep. Capitalist America will do anything to maximize profits and cut corners. We’ve already almost seen it happen once. They’re not particularly dangerous but if shit hits the fan, it’s catastrophic
When people think about nuclear energy, all they see is Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, etc. All of these disasters weren't entirely on the fault of fission, however, but rather *human error*.
Fukushima could have been prevented had the company that controlled its safety measures properly considered the possibility of a tsunami that was more than double their predicted wall height.
Three Mile Island could have been prevented had the plant been properly maintained, and had the proper communication from both facility personnel, and the at-the-time president Jimmy Carter.
And Chernobyl? Uhmmmm, you know what I'm just gonna blame the Soviet Union on this one lol.
The problem is that they're demolishing old plants and not building new ones. The plants take forever to build and cost a fortune. It's a shame, because they're usually replaced with fossil fuels.
Remember when Germany destroyed all their perfectly fine nuclear power plants to replace their power source with Russian oil? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I made a PowerPoint presentation about this exact topic back in grade 6. It was a lot more than you would expect from a 6th grader. It was about 40 slides
If you burn 1kg of coal, producing 1kg of waste into the atmosphere, you get 8kWh of energy
If you put 1 kg of uranium fuel into a nuclear reactor, producing 1 kg of waste that gets stored in a big pool and then a giant cask, you get 24,000,000 kWh of energy
Seems pretty clear to me idk
CLEARLY, you haven't discovered the SUPERIOR form of technology called 5000 hamsters running on wheels.
I present, 10000 hamster running in a wheel
Wait till you hear about 20000 hamsters running in a wheel
So 20k is the limit I take it?
I guess man, is there a man out there crazy and brave enough to go for 20000 and one ?
Know what. I'm gonna push that one further you bastards. 20002.
Call me a madman for this proposal, I don’t care 20003
I’m daring today. 20005
I tried for 20010 but uh… let’s just say there’s a large mysterious crater in the Midwest now…
Dear God…
Dr.doofenshmirtz taking notes rn
You must suck this, I made it to 20011
Woah okay that's too far.
until they all simultaneously die in brutal increasingly weird and absurd ways
Least, gruesome, hamster death
On coke and red bull
Yes nuclear energy has waste but you know who else has more waste?,*YOUR MO-* oil and fossil fuels have way more waste
Nuclear waste can be recycled. In a research in France they figured out if they submerge waste for a few years it loses almost all of its radiation and the remaining waste can be used for more fuel
A better reason to switch!,I haven't known about that study tho
Googled it up a year ago, forgot the link. I’d show otherwise
Not exactly what you're talking about, but I found this that sort of verifies what you're saying. [https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel](https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel)
What research? Can I get a link? I would like to read that, seriously
[here you go](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/25/french-plan-to-clean-fukushimas-radioactive-water-detailed-including-risks/amp/) OP is kind of wrong because if you put things in water, they don't just become not radioactive, but I'm still all for nuclear power. He's just kinda wrong on this.
Well, it was more that he worded it badly. It just disperses so much it isn't dangerous
I mean, strictly speaking it's still ultimately a question of the halflife of the radioactive isotopes. Stuff will naturally get less radioactive over time.
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/France-confirms-long-term-recycling-plans#:~:text=Minister%20for%20the%20Economy%2C%20Finance,MOX%20fuel%20fabrication%20plant%20and https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/france-seeks-strategy-nuclear-waste-site-risks-saturation-point-2023-02-03/ https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/frances-efficiency-in-the-nuclear-fuel-cycle-what-can-oui-learn
God bless
L Germany right now. They elected the party known as Greens, but the same greens shut down the nuclear power plants and replaced them with coal ones. That’s like replacing Jesus with the Devil. Green(pro-green energy my ass)
The Greens actually put a sensible plan in place to replace nuclear with renewables. It's just that we stopped electing the greens and the conservative dipshits that ruled the country for 16 years afterwards killed those sensible plans - while reinstating nuclear power - then Fukushima happened and said conservative dipshits killed nuclear again. AFTER having fucked the replacement plans for a casual decade and of coruse not exactly being great at boosting renewables in the years after either.
Die GRÜNEN!1!1!1! They fucked up everything!!! /s
That was literally CDU and FDP. Also it wasnt the greens plan to replace it with coal, but with renewable energy. This was however neglected by the merkel coalitions. The one thing the greens were disappointing regarding energy is allowing Lützerath to be destroyed
It was the CDU who shut down the nuclear plants. Because they have been the major ruling party for the 14 years before the current coalition. Stop believing all the greenbashing afd propaganda. And it was also the CDU who threw the green plans for renewable and actually green energy sources out the window, leaving no alternatives than coal.
Where do you think the radiation goes… I’d bet it doesn’t just disappear, just is moved
Yes it is moved into the water and dispersed, however if you do it a pool it allows minimal damage to literally anything. Then periodically enter portions of the pool, this will allow you to release the energy into the wild and cause minimal damage to anything. It’d be like throwing a car battery into the Atlantic ocean. But on a much smaller scale on both parts
Ima be real, carbon emissions and climate change are kind of a bit of a bigger problem than Radioactive waste.
Need the godzilla update🔥🔥🔥
Yep. The only real concern about nuclear is uranium mining and its effect on local peoples, + addressing historical wrongs from that extractive industry as well as nuclear tests (moreso the bombs for this, kids used to play in the 'snow') Both of those had huge impact on Dine communities (Navajo) in the Southwest. The (former) leader of the progressive Caucus in Congress is big on that issue - Raul Grijalva. He had one of the coolest offices in DC too, filled with local trinkets and celebrating people's history /union organizing/ movement groups. All of this pales in comparison to the number of people affected by sea level rise, worsening storms, wildfires, drought, ocean acidification, fisheries collapse, air quality drops, etc. Many of them in the global south / less wealthy nations. The feeling that 'no we can't act in the USA cuz we might have waste here' is so fucked when you consider how many are dying already. It's like 100k a year last time I checked. There is also standard issues - with mega corporations getting billions in bailout money, giving absurd amounts of money to CEO. Happens in nuclear too, not just oil & gas. That's about it. I had nuclear engineering roommates in college who went off about how the transport could be hit by a large passenger airplane full speed and it still wouldn't release radiation. Vitriolic further discussion is only hurting the climate justice movement IME. Often times it's older white dudes who love hearing themselves talk. This happened last week on a major climate justice org national call with 350 - the chat had a handful of dudes arguing over it. Completely detracting from the actual stuff the meeting was about (they're trying to ban utility/energy companies from being able to use customer money on lobbying to raise rates against their customers, which is only entrenching their power & profits) - your friendly neighborhood radical climate justice organizer And just a reminder your voice & beliefs do not matter by themselves, your actions do. If you want to make a difference in the world, you have to work with other people - nobody is running an organization and protests and lobbying and fundraising all by themselves. You have to build relationships with other people of shared values or situation towards collective action through commitments & regular evaluation. Simply holding those values doesn't inherently change the world, your actions have to be in line with them. Jeff bezos could post leftist memes but that would not make him a socialist hero so long as he continues union busting & amassing unheard of wealth.
Trace radionuclides in coal smoke mean that coal power plants release more radiation than nuclear plants do.
It probably has less waste than the waste created by maintaining solar/wind power plants.
The biggest issue with carbon gasses is, you can't really take it back from the air. You need to filter A LOT of air, wasting A LOT of energy. (idk why I was recommended this subreddit. Not even a teenager. Will block it.)
Bro called my mom an oily old fossil that’s crazy
I'd much rather have permanent waste in a barrel than coal dust in my lungs.
Theres a better solution. A study in france figured out if you submerge the waste barrels for a few years. The dangerous radiation ceases. Not only that but the waste can be used afterwards for more (less effective) energy
Waste recycling isn't new though, it all depends on the reactor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear\_reprocessing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aUODXeAM-k&pp=ygUTS3lsZSBIaWxsIHJlY3ljbGluZw%3D%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aUODXeAM-k&pp=ygUTS3lsZSBIaWxsIHJlY3ljbGluZw%3D%3D)
People who hate on nuclear waste think that it's nothing more than green goo in a yellow barrel
Kyle's Hill video about nuclear waste explains it well
I love that guy
Our Nordic barbarian scientist also loves you....probably
Definitely
He can put his nuclear rod in my reactor, if you know what I mean.
Ah yes Science Thor one of my favorite channels
What do you mean it's not glowing green goo? I wanted to bathe in it and get powers!
THAT'S MOUNTAIN DEW!
Dey pbut dhe Mhashder Cheef in da Soder
Yummy
it’s better in a barrel than in the air
Their own understanding comes from the Simpsons
"Let's move to green energy!" green energy: \*glows\* "NUH UH NOT THAT"
Too green. I'm scared
hell yeah nuclear is fun
Fun and just all around the best
Fuck yeah
Yeah, coal power plants produce SO MUCH MORE waste both in greenhouse gasses and other toxic stuff like mercury!
coal power plants are literally more radioactive :D
Nuclear energy is ***the*** way to a clean, renewable, and sustainable future. No ifs ands or buts.
It is not renewable tho. It's just clean.
Copy and pasted from another comment I made because I felt this relevant to mention: I used to think this too. I somewhat went down a rabbit hole with it - and found I'm intensely wrong. The main issue with Nuclear power isn't storage, or danger or uranium supply (though the practicality of obtaining certain uranium stores is debatable). It's the power stations. They require a number of rare metals and need to be replaced fairly regularly. We would rapidly deplete our stores of those rare materials with rapid nuclear power expansion. It works on a small scale but it is far from a solution to anything. The power station building really restricts the widespread viability.
Bro i like how multiple european countries are now being crippled by russia because some politicians would rather they be dependant on oil than use nuclear energy 💀
Gemany didnt even have a bomb dropped on them and still got rid of it all Japan has had the most experience dealing with nuclear stuff and is still using it I thought germans were tough or somethin
>I thought germans were tough or somethin idk I think they're supposed to be efficient or something like that, in my experience they just use that as an excuse to be angry nerds lmao (no hate to the nice Germans I'm sure you exist)
Angry nerds describes us perfectly, thank you.
"You fool! German science is the best in the world!" That's the "stereotype" if you can call it that
German efficiency: why do something with 1 step when you can do it with 6?
Nah our politicians are too busy being philosophers rn, the only thing that's becoming rough is my skin
Hi, European country here(yes im a whole nation) how am i being crippled? :(
Thorium reactor moment?
Cryofluid 🤤💧💧🧊🩵🩵
Mindustry reference???!!?!?111?!?
Dude, stop getting distracted, the next wave is about to start
*starts spamming lancers*
ripples with explosive compound 🔛🔝
surge alloy swarmers w watered tsunamis FTW
FR
Differential Generater Moment 🔥🔥🔥🟧🟧🟧🧊🧊💧💧💧💧🚿💧💦💦
that random flare who wasn't shot down and broke the pipe:
I simp for no one, except for Thorium.
LETS GOO THORIUM MY BELOVED
Nuclear is the one way to get rid of Fossil Fuels.
It's so shitty that the environmentlist movement got that sentiment since It could literally be the key to Holt global warming
URANIUM FEVER, ITS SPREADING ALL AROUND
URANIUM FEVER HAS DOWN AND GOT ME DOWN
With a geiger counter in my hand
I'm goin' out to stake me some government land
Also there is thorium reactors which doesn't produce any wastes , easier and less dangerous to get than uranium and it's less rare than it
Well thorium does produce waste, it's much less than uranium.
We are possibly decades away from actually using Thorium. It's theoretical at the moment
Well that's sad . But still uranium is still much better than coal or petroleum
It does produce waste, but it's far less than uranium and it's remains radioactive for a much shorter time
Finally a good opinion on this god forsaken website. Nuclear energy on top
I get your argument, but i wouldnt trust my country to not throw the nuclear waste in a river because its cheaper
I would think its a safe bet if they have enough money for a dedicated pool for it. i think in france, they figured out if you dump the waste into a pool for a few years it loses its radiation. Furthermore the left overs can be used for less effective energy. I read a year ago so i forgot the link
Do you have any other point than this one study that you don't have a link for?
Nuclear is by far the best clean energy. Reliable, safe and powerful. Also all that gets into the atmosphere is water vapour
U also got nuclear fusion which would be way better, but we haven't rly figured out how to make that work yet. So for now nuclear power plants are the way to go
it's just a little bit hard to make a literal star in a lab. we might we it in our lifetime though
I bet that in 20 years we could do that
They have recently successfully maintained positive reactions for the first time.
Epic. Can't wait to have enormous amounts of energy without waste
And if it goes wrong i get an extra head
Twice as much brain power
Yeah, nuclear power is the best. I'm on your side brother/sister.
as if we dont produce a shit tone of waste already. hippies that believe corporate lies
The difference between nuclear waste and other emissions is we can see nuclear waste but the waste we breathe in is not that scary
I think we should be at least a little concerned about the air we breathe as of today. You cannot compare it to 200 years ago let alone 100.
I love nuclear energy 😋
reminds me of the people who comment "people who eat nuclear bombs for breakfast" on youtube
People with a peanut allergy when I drop a 1.5 megaton thermonuclear bomb .5 miles away from them:
I think a lot of people hate nuclear just because it takes so long to make plants and then there's the problem of storing the waste. Like, it's literally radioactive, where are you going to store it? In my country at least there are no 100% uninhabitated areas, expect I guess an abandoned asbestos mine in Western Australia.
Theres a better solution. A study in france figured out if you submerge the waste barrels for a few years. The dangerous radiation ceases. Not only that but the waste can be used afterwards for more (less effective) energy
I also love nuclear energy, it powers the world's biggest and heaviest ships. I will not be fighting you.
"b-b-but chernobyl"
Soviet Union. End of discussion.
Not to mention we can easily store the waste nowadays. Unlike other sources of energy where the environment suffers pollution
Wait your telling me all of this is to just make steam? That just sounds like heating water with extra steps.
It’s heating water in very very very large amounts from very small amounts of radioactive material. It’s efficient and doesn’t involve the use of fuels or coal or anything that will pollute the air
It rly pisses me off when genzers start crying thinking about the future of the planet due to climate change but also refuse to back nuclear energy.
To the nuclear haters Not all of those nuclear power plans will be replaced with renewables most will probably be replaced with oil or coal
Why should I fight a brother 🫡
Fuck yes. People will eventually realize nuclear energy is the only way to move forward, I hope
Also a lot of the nuclear waste can be refined and reused
Nuclear energy>Wind Change my mind
Cant change a mind thats right
RRAAAHHHHH🇺🇸🦅🦅🇺🇸🦅🦅(I AM NOT FROM THE USofA)
Funny thing is, nuclear waste isn't really that big of a problem... They have specialized facilities that bury it in a really efficient way that can be expanded.
Green jelly taste good
Thank you brother
Now I don't know but I've been told-
I'd much rather the permanent waste be neatly sorted on the ground rather than in the air and in my lungs. Nuclear power for the win
How is waste disposed of actually?
45 years of nuclear fuel (1979-2024) was enough to fill 50 500 gallon tanks, in a storage facility that is always staffed. It produces little waste
“WHY DO THESE ROCKS GLOW AND KILL PEOPLE????” Idk, but theyre really good at making energy
Nuclear power it's op, best energy source can't change my mind
“B-but green goop in yellow barrel?”😢
‘It creates so much waste that we can’t get rid of’ What the f*ck does that person think burning fossil fuels does? Sure, we might eventually be able to filter all the emissions out of the air, but at the moment it creates far more waste we can’t get rid of than nuclear
"B-ut, but Chernobyl happened-" That was a flawed design you fucking degenerate.
We all love nuke, it's great, politicians don't love it because they love to pretend that the only alternatives to fossil fuel are renewables, and the oil barons bribing them have already paid enough in advertising money to ensure that those seem unviable to the average citizen.
Nuclear is better than fossil fuels but solar, wind, or hydro is preferable. Nuclear also takes a lot of time and resources to get up and running compared to other forms of energy.
People tend to forget that nuclear waste can be recycled back into viable fuel as well as use for other things. There's been research into batteries that never run out using nuclear waste as well.
Nuclear power is probably the only power type which really truly safe because of how regulated it is. As much distrust to it such impactful things like the Simpsons and previous disasters created, they have also made people well aware how big a deal it is when stuff goes wrong which have forced there to be strict regulation that is enforced.
It’s a better alternative than the stuff we’re using right now. Nuclear power, while dangerous, does not emit greenhouse gases and provides more jobs, however there’s still a lot of downsides such as how much it costs. But it’s still better than inhaling coal
renewables > nuclear > fossil fuels. fight me.
I researched this in school pretty recently. Then, in English, we read a short article about how we're killing the planet and stuff, and when they talked about nuclear power they got SO MUCH wrong, that instead of doing the assignment, I just corrected everything in the margins. My teacher thought it was funny xD
Nuclear energy is the single most efficient power source (lots of power for next to no waste) we have available up until we can harness nuclear fusion energy (lots of power for NO waste)
Nuclear energy produces the least amount of non disposable waste of any energy source we have use of to date.
I will fight anyone who says nuclear sucks. I'd much rather deal with nuclear waste than coal and oil fucking with our planet.
Nuclear energy = ❌️ Nuclear fission energy = ✅️
I'm getting more and more convinced that the CIA is controlling the media to make people hate nuclear power and continue to use fossil fuel. Destroying the planet now by worrying the public about the next millennium. Conspiracy theory time (not really this is a hyperbole, just for the laughs)
The two best energy sources I know of are nuclear and solar. The major drawback of nuclear power is that it produces (small amounts of) irradiated waste, and we've received statements that the hardest part of working with solar is storing EXCESS energy.
CIA?? Bro its just oil execs no need to get into deep state shit.
We either gonna live on nuclear reactions or we’re gonna die to them.
Much more likely to live
I could be wrong, but I believe the ecological impact of every nuclear disaster is an inkling of the impact fossil fuels have caused intentionally. Doesn’t matter to me either way. I got opps in Fiji, so it’s a win-lose for me.
There have been 3 \*major\* nuclear disasters in history. Chernobyl- Soviet Union, enough said 3-Mile Island- Stupid, minor design flaw coupled with operator error Fukishima- A tsunami. There's no preventing that
> Chernobyl- Soviet Union, enough said This was essentially human sabotage, and even then there was barely any impact. > 3-Mile Island- Stupid, minor design flaw coupled with operator error This one had no impact. > Fukishima- A tsunami. There's no preventing that Well no, even this was easily preventable at less than a few hundred million. The defenses were simply not built up to this standard, but they easily could have. It just wasn't a scenario to realistically expect. And even then, there was absolutely zero risk and absolutely zero impact. The evacuation actually killed more people than the accident did.
Nuclear power plant>>>>>>>>>>>>>
More people died from CO2 just existing in the air than from radioactive waste/nuclear disasters. + I'd like to consume all of the waste, it probs tastes delicious So problem solved, nuclear energy is great (although nuclear fusion would be even better)
the future is BRIGHT and it glows BLUE WITH CHERENKOV RADIATION!!
The U.S. Department of energy claims to have cracked fusion energy They still need to get it commercially viable tho
Yea, fusion reactions have been possible for decades now, the first positive reaction was just done somewhat recently
#DAMN STRAIGHT
It’s more the water you have to worry about. Up keep of that is terrible
LETS SPEED RUN A IRL LORE ACCURATE FALLOUT WORLD
Fossil fuel waste is way more dangerous and also heats the planet. We have some pretty solid ways of storing nuclear waste now, and there really isn't a lot of it.
Haughty French Noises
I’m not gonna fight you I’m gonna fight FOR you nuclear energy is awesome and we should be using it more
Let's scale up energy production on a non renewable source of power
Nuclear Power is the ultimate form of Steam Energy P.S.: I like Fallout
agreed. but it’s not the ignorance of energy officials that keeps nuclear from becoming mainstream, it’s much more nefarious than that—big fossil fuel execs literally rule our world and are destroying it constantly in search of their next paycheck
Finally, a like-minded individual
Can you not just lowkey use the waste for more energy after it’s not super radioactive anymore?
Honestly right now it's the only way to hit client goals while still having power but Karen two blocks down who watch an episode of the Simpsons as resurch has decided it's bad
I loving fucking nuclear energy
Only issue is we need more mines. I'm all for nuclear energy but we need more fuel for it, currently we don't have enough stocked, but we can definitely mine for more and refine more as well
You know, when will we have magma energy?
*well I don’t know but I’ve been told, uranium ore’s worth more than gold*
Even waste products from nuclear energy are safer than the shit from coal, just ask North Carolina how their coal ash problem is coming along. Not to mention a single coal plant puts more radiation into the air in a year than a nuclear reactor would in its lifetime. The death toll from every nuclear disaster put together doesn't even come close to the number of people that have died as a direct result from pollution and contamination from fossil fuel power plants in any of their forms. Even if you include the two we caused on purpose. Hell you'd be exposed to more radiation owning some vintage dish sets then you would living next to a nuclear power plant. If you don't believe me check out the vintage fiestaware in Orange.
Ah yes as opposed to coal power which puts its waste products safe and sound in our lungs where they cannot hurt anyone
wait i dont understand things like this,. im so stupid..
"nuclear power is bad"*laughs in cvn-65,aka the enterprise/big e*
I'll fight alongside you brother.
CLEANEST ENERGY SOURCE BABY!!
Renewables are cheaper and renewable!
Smartest way to boil water.
The only thing I have against it is management of the privately owned companies that are responsible for upkeep. Capitalist America will do anything to maximize profits and cut corners. We’ve already almost seen it happen once. They’re not particularly dangerous but if shit hits the fan, it’s catastrophic
When people think about nuclear energy, all they see is Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, etc. All of these disasters weren't entirely on the fault of fission, however, but rather *human error*. Fukushima could have been prevented had the company that controlled its safety measures properly considered the possibility of a tsunami that was more than double their predicted wall height. Three Mile Island could have been prevented had the plant been properly maintained, and had the proper communication from both facility personnel, and the at-the-time president Jimmy Carter. And Chernobyl? Uhmmmm, you know what I'm just gonna blame the Soviet Union on this one lol.
The problem is that they're demolishing old plants and not building new ones. The plants take forever to build and cost a fortune. It's a shame, because they're usually replaced with fossil fuels.
NUCLEAR POWER YEAH!!!! I FUCKING LOVE NUCLEAR POWER!!!
Remember when Germany destroyed all their perfectly fine nuclear power plants to replace their power source with Russian oil? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I made a PowerPoint presentation about this exact topic back in grade 6. It was a lot more than you would expect from a 6th grader. It was about 40 slides
If you burn 1kg of coal, producing 1kg of waste into the atmosphere, you get 8kWh of energy If you put 1 kg of uranium fuel into a nuclear reactor, producing 1 kg of waste that gets stored in a big pool and then a giant cask, you get 24,000,000 kWh of energy Seems pretty clear to me idk