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 problem with nuclear waste storage isnt a technical one or a lack of suitable sites, its a political issue.
We have plenty of candidate sites around the world that would be ideal for the long term storage of nuclear waste and the technology involved is fairly simple enough.
But no one wants to live next to a nuclear waste site, even after you’v explained all the waste is buried a couple kilometers underground in a shielded concrete sarcophagus that’d be safe to stand next to.
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