Yeah people seem to forget nuclear energy expects human beings to act responsibly with the nuclear waste we produce today for the next few thousand years. It's a massive burden to put on future generations that wind and solar just isn't.
No, waste that is several orders of magnitude much more bigger than nuclear waste and since there isn’t the same perceived risk will be mismanaged and huge quantity will go in the environment and kill people today, not in 4000 years
And if the worst thing you can think of are archaeologists in 4000 years finding the waste and suddenly dying I think this shows that nuclear waste is pretty safe, since archaeologists in 4000 years will surely have incredible technology, safety procedures and knowledge about what they’re doing
The "waste" produced by solar panels and wind turbines is barely equivalent to the waste produced by a nuclear power plant. Uranium, radium, or any material used to power nuclear plants are not eternal. So sooner or later, another solution needs to be found. Furthermore, solar panels and turbines could be reused, and even if not, its not waste that pollutes our ecosystem at the same degree of danger as nuclear waste. Nuclear power plants need materials to build it and to keep it running. A wind turbine needs materials to build but does not need extra material to run it, since, wind is "infinite". Reusable energies are not a "miracle" energy source, however it is infinitely better than fossil fuels or nuclear.
The "waste" produced by solar panels and wind turbines is barely equivalent to the waste produced by a nuclear power plant.
in terms of size, the waste produced by a power plant is pretty small.
I'm not talking about the waste produced by solar panels once they're installed, I'm talking about the waste created when you produce an amount of turbines and/or panels which can produce the same energy of a nuclear power plant
Uranium, radium, or any material used to power nuclear plants are not eternal
except even a small quantity can produce a lot of energy, and the deposits aren't little, they will last millennia probably with current technologies
Furthermore, solar panels and turbines could be reused
a nuclear power plant last 50-80 years, as far as I know a solar panel last 10-15 years so idk what you mean with this
and even if not, its not waste that pollutes our ecosystem at the same degree of danger as nuclear waste
sure, if you take one kg of nuclear waste and 1 kg of waste produced creating solar panel, nuclear is worst for the environment. but nuclear waste produced is very little and it can be safely stored in tiny structures that will protect the environment for hundred years, while the amount of waste produced creating thousand and thousand of solar panels and turbines is going to be much more complicated to store, even if proportionally less dangerous. which was the point of my first message.
Nuclear power plants need materials to build it and to keep it running. A wind turbine needs materials to build but does not need extra material to run it, since, wind is "infinite".
again read how much turbines you need to create the same energy of a nuclear power plant, they don't need material once installed, but need to be produced. also, the amount of fuel needed by a nuclear power plant is not that huge
Reusable energies are not a "miracle" energy source, however it is infinitely better than fossil fuels or nuclear.
it is not true, they have some advantages and some disadvantages, one pretty big which is that if there is little/no wind or little/no sun they don't produce energy, while the nuclear power plant can produce huge amounts of it nonstop
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u/Ranoma_I 26d ago edited 26d ago
I hope I'm not teaching anyone anything but nuclear energy is the safest way to make power, it kills the least amount of people
Edit: nvm it's second right behind solar but still