Meikos t1_it6i65v wrote on October 21, 2022 at 8:12 AM

I know that the source of the waste was from weapons manufacturing and not a plant, but this is one of the reasons why I'm so vehemently against nuclear power. On paper, it's absolutely fantastic, but humans are not infallible and the potential consequences are astronomically higher than solar or wind. Do I want a world with clean, nuclear energy? Absolutely. Would I trust humanity to responsibly use and maintain nuclear energy? Absolutely not. Our track record for responsible use of resources is pretty atrocious.

TogepiMain t1_it83kux wrote on October 21, 2022 at 4:49 PM

Eh, I'd rather a few occasional pools of radioactive waste than all the shit we pump into the air and then our lungs, blood, and brain. At least these super rare and generally extremely well contained, and far less frequent in general due to the i:o ratio of material to power generated, occasional pools of toxic radiation aren't blanketing the planet in a green haze the way coal and oil blanket it in a black one.