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minus-squareTCB13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoSo… now nuclear is considered “green power”. Okay boomers.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNuclear is definitely more green than fossil fuels.
minus-squareOmanMkII@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEven with the radioactive waste material, in 20 years that will just be more fuel for fission reactors. Even taking into account the deaths from atomic bombs, the death rate from nuclear materials is a factor of a few hundred lower than coal power.
So… now nuclear is considered “green power”. Okay boomers.
Nuclear is definitely more green than fossil fuels.
Even with the radioactive waste material, in 20 years that will just be more fuel for fission reactors. Even taking into account the deaths from atomic bombs, the death rate from nuclear materials is a factor of a few hundred lower than coal power.