SuspiciousStable9649 t1_ja6jlmg wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:17 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in As Tokyo Electric Power Co. moves closer to discharging tons of stored water from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, local opposition has intensified and cries of betrayal are being heard by DoremusJessup

I know your sarcastic, but I think nuclear will have a place as messy as it is. We will trade radiation for CO2 and methane and be glad for it (unfortunately).

DIBE25 t1_ja6qxtw wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:38 AM

tldr and you can even not read the rest: safety before returns on investment is better than no return on investment because lack of safety

and to have more stable and safer nukes those paying for it just need to accept the fact that having a plant meeting or exceeding safety requirements is better than a plant being on maintenance half the time

also the radiation of a nuclear plant is lower than that of a coal plant due to the uranium in the coal's ashes - iirc

so if the reactor vessel isn't completely crap along with the other meters of concrete and whatnot there shouldn't be any concerns with radiation

I won't touch proper waste disposal since that's fairly.. you dig a hole far away in a special kind of rock and fill holes in the hole with the sticks and the sticks are in dry ceramic and multiple metal layers and all that is covered in concrete

man I'm tired sorry if this makes no sense