Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]

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  • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.nettoMemes@lemmy.mlNuclear Power
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    3 months ago

    Your numbers are way off. A nuclear power plant generates about a tenth of the emissions of a coal power plant over its full lifecycle. This includes things like:

    • Plant construction
    • Plant decommissioning
    • Uranium mining
    • Uranium transportation
    • Uranium enrichment
    • Fuel reprocessing
    • Uranium mine reclamation

    But none of this really matters in comparing the two. Coal power plants also need to be constructed, and have fuel transported to them! They don’t just sprout out of the earth like manna from God!

    Is it better than solar, wind, or hydro? No. Those generate about 5 to 20% of the emissions as a nuclear power plant (depending on which you’re talking about) when you include manufacturing and construction. Fortunately, functional governments (read: not the West) are capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time! They’re doing both! Which is smart—I’d rather have a nuclear fuel storage problem in 100 years than a “whoops, humanity went extinct!” problem. We don’t have a lot of time here.






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