As we remember the 1986 Chernobyl tragedy, it's worth also reminding that ~400 other #nuclear reactors worldwide continue operate uninterrupted for the last half century providing stable and clean electricity.
Three remaining Chernobyl reactors continued to operate safely to 2000.Even after Chernobyl closure Ukraine's energy sector continues to produce electricity at relatively low CO2 intensity thanks to #nuclear plants - today it's 240 gCO2eq/kWh while Germany is at... 230.
@kravietz My dad worked nuclear for 20+ years and was a big advocate. I was too growing up in a TVA family, but one of the very big concerns is waste. It's not as inert as people say, and it's encased in a half meter of concrete and most is still stored on site. Yucca Mtn will never likely never open. Waste will last tens of thousands of years. Look up "This is Not a Place of Honor" to learn about dealing with long term storage.
"Radioactive waste" is a very broad term and... often manipulated.
Being a fan of renewable energy I recently found out that mining of rare earth metals - used in manufacturing of solar panels, batteries and wind turbines - produces waste that radioactive due to thorium and radium content. Same goes for coal ash. And they are produced in millions of tons per month (!), while nuclear reactors worldwide produce maybe 10'000 tons per year in total.
