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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

If it hasn't been already said: the issue is public perception. If you ask any American in the street what they relate to nuclear power the majority will tell you: Chorynobyl. Even though anyone that's looked up anything knows that technology is leaps ahead of that disaster, that's the fear mongering that everyone jumps to.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The half life of fall-out from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs was a couple of decades.

The half life of nuclear waste from powerplants is anywhere from thousands of years to millions of years, depending on the mix of isotopes.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't feed the troll. It won't come back, it's too expensive.

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