Comparing to renewables
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Nuclear energy usually refers to fission, where we split apart large, unstable atoms into smaller atoms and some energy. It’s not technically a renewable energy source, but the fuel used doesn’t have any other better human uses, and its end products don’t contribute to industrial climate change.
It can produce radioactive materials that need to be disposed of safely, but there’s ways to do fission that supporters say is much safer, like thorium salt reactors.
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