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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I recall that Canada was working on a long-term nuclear waste storage facility. I looked it up, it's a 26 billion dollar project.

It's not a hypothetical issue, it's a political issue. Political issues are real issues.

You can't blame Grassy Narrows first nation for opposing the location of the nuclear waste facility near their territory. It's a community that's been decimated by industrial waste.

I support nuclear technologies where sustainable energy isn't feasible but I think people aren't wrong to consider a waste a problem. It's not an absolute showstopper, but it is something that is part of the challenge of building nuclear facilities.