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First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia (www.nbcnews.com)
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First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.

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[–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Nuclear power plant waste doesn't significantly contribute to climate change or pollution? So it's "clean" by most metrics.

Nuclear waste can generally be stored on-site without issue. Reprocessing would be nice, but not even necessary. Just because you don't understand the problem, doesn't mean others are "religiously defending a technology."

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Coal was also considered clean in the beginning because they didn't have to sacrifice forests anymore.

    We may not consider the waste a problem now, but that may very well look differently in 50 or 100 years.

    Again: I am completely fine considering nuclear power as one of the best options we have. I am not so fine pretending it's without tradeoffs, because that would ignore how any other form of energy generation in the past/ever finally turned out.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Coal was also considered clean in the beginning because they didn’t have to sacrifice forests anymore.

    False analogy fallacy

    We may not consider the waste a problem now, but that may very well look differently in 50 or 100 years.

    Argument from ignorance fallacy

    I am not so fine pretending it’s without tradeoffs

    No one is saying it's free energy or perfect energy. I myself would argue it's clean and solves some of our current energy problems, while renewables still can't. Unfortunately it suffers from a bad reputation and misinformation.

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