Nukuler

[zitothebrave]

I've always been curious, why do people not like nuclear energy? I get that it's held back cause of the NIMBY, but I don't see a sound argument against it and I'd like to hear it.

 

[acesfull86]

I think it should certainly be an option. There is risk...but also plenty of reward.

 

[weso1]

Chernobyl. Fear of something like that happening in the good ole USofA.

 

[thethe]

We should not be afraid of science. Nuclear energy would be amazing for the world.

 

[zitothebrave]

I think it should certainly be an option. There is risk...but also plenty of reward.

The risk is almost non existent, especially when compared to Coal and Oil.

 

[zitothebrave]

Chernobyl. Fear of something like that happening in the good ole USofA.

Chernobyl was a soviet reactor, that didn't have the same precautions as the US. Even the worst case US reactor issue was 3 mile island wasn't that bad.

The deaths in Chernobyl are still pretty minimal.

 

[Julio3000]

Chernobyl. Fear of something like that happening in the good ole USofA.

That, and the fact that it creates a by-product which is hazardous for tens of thousands of years.

 

[zitothebrave]

That, and the fact that it creates a by-product which is hazardous for tens of thousands of years.

Generation 4 reactors are going to be able to take that waste and get energy off there reducing the waste time from Millennia to centuries.

Sidebar, how does it compare to the waste issues that oil, coal, or the process of making things like Solar contribute as well?

 

[Metaphysicist]

People are against Nuclear energy for the same reason they worry more about Ebola than heart disease.

 

[acesfull86]

People are against Nuclear energy for the same reason they worry more about Ebola than heart disease.

That's a good way of putting it.