Like. Nuclear waste/disasters contaminate areas for thousands of years and cause cancer. Why is that “clean”?
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All types of mines contaminate areas for a long time too. Coal is pretty radioactive in its own right.
Nuclear power is considered clean because it has a small carbon footprint, pretty much comparable to renewable energy.
It’s not waste-free, of course – no energy production is, and generally speaking renewable energy might be the cheaper source for energy nowadays than nuclear is. Building maximally safe and effective nuclear power plants is very expensive.
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