• @torrentialgrain@lemm.ee
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    44 days ago

    You said “it’s much safer” in your original comment, which you removed in the edit.

    The source you’ve linked shows it’s marginally safer on a death per KW/h rate, true, while being substantially more expensive and comes with the unsolved problem of dealing with toxic waste.

    • @dev_null@lemmy.ml
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      114 days ago

      It’s 25% safer, which is closer to “much” safer than “marginally” safer in my mind, but yes I decided it’s better to let the data speak for itself and avoid such subjective qualifiers.

      It is more expensive, which is why I prefer wind and solar to nuclear, but we were talking about safety specifically, not which tech is “better overall”.

    • @SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      How many cubic feet of nuclear waste do you think there is? I’m curious. Cause currently, all of the waste America has EVER created, would fill 1 football field about 30 feet high.