It's kind of ironic when you think about it, the amount of fearmongering around nuclear power has actually led to more damage to the environment. Through burning fossil fuels for energy instead of using nuclear power there has arguably been more damage over time than all nuclear disasters in history. Just felt the need to write that, thanks for creating this community!
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Useful links:
IAEA PRIS - The Database on Nuclear Power Reactors: https://pris.iaea.org/pris/home.aspx
NRC US reactor status: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/reactor-status/index.html
US Nuclear Plant Outage Status: https://www.eia.gov/nuclear/outages/
Milestones in Advanced Nuclear: https://www.airtable.com/universe/expnrIMohdf6dIvZl/milestones-in-advanced-nuclear
What about the waste? http://whataboutthewaste.com/
What about the cost? https://zionlights.substack.com/p/what-is-the-true-cost-of-energy
How long will nuclear fuel last? https://whatisnuclear.com/blog/2020-10-28-nuclear-energy-is-longterm-sustainable.html
Global Energy Footprint https://energy.glex.no/footprint/
Low Carbon Power Nuclear page: https://lowcarbonpower.org/type/nuclear
IAEA PRIS - Under Construction Reactors: https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/UnderConstructionReactorsByCountry.aspx
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It's quite a rabbithole. My "favorite" is the fearmongering around reactor waste products. People resist nuclear because we "need to store the waste", even though we can reprocess it back into fissable fuel. But also we "can't" do that, because that process can potentially be hijacked to produce nuclear materiel.
Both are valid concerns, but it shouldn't be an impossible problem to solve. Especially these days, knowing how destructive some of our other common fuel sources are.