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Clarity2

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2. I don't get
Wed May 22, 2019, 10:42 AM
May 2019

how anyone can use the argument that nuclear energy is "clean energy". All that waste has to be contained, and then recontained over and over for tens of thousands of years. And then the risk of melt downs/accidents. I worked at a nuclear plant right out of high school, and didn't even really get the full ramifications of radiation till Chernobyl happened (because they ply you with so much bs propaganda videos when you are hired). I can say with certainty (at least in my experience) that often enough the public doesn't get word of risky "small" events at nuke plants. As it is, I'm not even sure it was ever revealed to the public whatever happened to the core at Chernobyl. And yes, the Japan accidents...the full effects seem to be suppressed. We never hear about it.

This dome - the U.S. govt needs to take responsibility for it's maintenance asap. But then, this is the Trump administration.

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