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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: 0.205s | 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. asoneth ◴[02 Apr 21 19:32 UTC] No.26675104[source]▶
I don't think many people consider nuclear "clean", certainly no conversation I've ever seen has ignored the waste or the other immense lifecycle costs, and if we had enough time left I'd be all for focusing on transitioning solely to renewables.

But of all the realistic options left on the table ones that include some amount of nuclear baseload seem the least bad.