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indusurb

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6. Nuclear power is safe,

Reply to EdmondDantes_ (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 10:55 AM

Aug 2025

Until it isn't. And when it isn't, it isn't safe in a big way, effecting thousands of people, square miles of land for a long, long time. Not to mention there has never been an adequate solution to the waste problem, and a nuke plant produces a lot of waste, beyond just the depleted fuel rods.

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First you would need to solve the two huge problems with nuclear power indusurb Aug 2025 #2

Fuck that shit, fix the roads, fill the damn potholes. Hotler Aug 2025 #3

Jeez, I imagine that the roads around the Denver Airport, that is, the.... FadedMullet Aug 2025 #11

Of course, it would have to the Denver airport. harumph Aug 2025 #4

Nuclear power and safety has come a long way EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #5

Nuclear power is safe, indusurb Aug 2025 #6

Dirty energy is killing us today and nuclear energy kills fewer EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #7

It just isn't the big, splashy disasters like Chernobyl or Fukushima that are the problem indusurb Aug 2025 #9

Kansas you say? Meh... Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2025 #8

The U.S. Navy has been operating small nuclear reactors for more than seventy years. hunter Aug 2025 #10