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Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says

(arstechnica.com)
425 points nixass | 1 comments | 02 Apr 21 18:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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pinacarlos90 ◴[02 Apr 21 18:39 UTC] No.26674447[source]▶
There is a bad stigma associated with nuclear energy that I just don’t understand - Nuclear less impact to the environment when compared to other energy sources. What is is the problem with nuclear? Is it the cost of maintaining these power plants ?
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1. sokoloff ◴[02 Apr 21 18:45 UTC] No.26674523[source]▶
People have 99+% irrational fears about radiation.

There are actual challenges with nuclear as well (waste disposal being the primary), but those are distantly trailing the radiation fear (and not obviously-to-me worse on-balance than the fossil fuel alternatives at this point).