foxrocket-girl reblogged
Nuclear is more sustainable and environmentally friendly than solar or wind. Change my mind.
sharper-and-bigger
Please note that every weakness of nuclear has been solved:
- Waste can be recycled into new fuel or completely transmuted into relatively harmless material. The longest-lasting waste product of the thorium fuel cycle only lasts 300 years, compared to 10,000 for "spent" uranium fuel rods.
- Meltdowns aren't a concern because the latest reactor designs literally, physically can't. These designs, like the molten salt reactor, have already been built and functioned for years in experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- Nuclear weapon proliferation isn't a concern when using fuels like thorium, which are bad for making bombs and can easily be detected from a long range if anyone tries it. We know this for a fact because the US tested it during the Cold War.
- Additionally, supplies of those fuel elements are so vast that they're functionally unlimited, even without breeder reactors that create new fuel. Due to lack of demand, the US currently buries thorium as a waste byproduct of heavy metal refinery.
"B but nuclear is scaaawwyyy" you're a coward and a fool and I wish nothing but misfortune on you and your acursed lineage