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What are the moral arguments against nuclear energy? (hexbear.net)
submitted 6 days ago by Salah@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Climate activists are usually very against nuclear energy and I don’t think I understand why. Does anyone know?

Arguments I’m somewhat familiar with:

  • sometimes it’s used as a cover for developing nuclear weapons
  • nuclear waste is very bad for living things.

What are the main historical moral arguments?

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[–] Ekranoplane@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

A nuclear reactor needs to be safe 100% of the time. Not 99.99% of the time. Shit needs to be tsunami-proof and idiot-proof and meteor-proof or you risk permanently poisoning a continent. It's possible to do if you build it inside a mountain or something, but at this point solar is so cheap it no longer makes sense.