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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: 0.258s | source
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einrealist[dead post] ◴[02 Apr 21 18:30 UTC] No.26674327[source]▶
Yeah, and lets just ignore the waste and emissions that it generates at all other fronts (building the plant and materials for it, mining and processing of the fuel, processing and storage of spend fuel, disassembly of the plant). "_Clean_" nuclear energy is and will always be a fairy tale!

Edit: Emphasized the word "Clean". I am not per se against Nuclear. Anyway, keep downvoting my opinion.

1. yellowapple ◴[02 Apr 21 19:28 UTC] No.26675057[source]▶
> building the plant and materials for it, mining and processing of the fuel, processing and storage of spend fuel, disassembly of the plant

All of these things are currently far more severe with photovoltaic panels and wind turbines. Per unit of energy, nuclear is far kinder to the Earth on all of these fronts.

> Anyway, keep downvoting my opinion.

If you insist.