eli5 isn’t finding a place to store nuclear waste easier than that covering acres of land with wind turbines and solar panels?

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Nuclear power is relatively safe when managed responsibly, and provides a consistant power output. When it comes to hydro electric , solar or wind; it is possible that drought, impaired sunlight, and days with low wind could lead to a day with zero energy or low energy output.

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The biggest problem is finding a solution to nuclear that will work for millions of years. We have no idea what elements of our language and symbols will last that long or even if it will become the problem of a completely different intelligent race by then and we have no way to communicate that the stuff we buried there was dangerous.

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