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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> Isn’t finding a place to store nuclear waste easier than that covering acres of land with wind turbines and solar panels?
Sure. We’ve got hundreds of them all around the country. There’s at least one at every single reactor in the nation, by law.
The deep thinkers here are going to say “yucca mountain” a lot, but, in reality, we handle nuclear waste coming out of those reactors every single year.
Just write `nuclear waste storage` and the name of a US state in google images.
[They tend to look like this](https://acs-h.assetsadobe.com/is/image//content/dam/cen/96/web/20180827lnp1-waste.jpg/?$responsive$&wid=700&qlt=90,0&resMode=sharp2).
> it is possible that drought, impaired sunlight, and days with low wind could lead to a day with zero energy or low energy output.
These all happen with great regularity.
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