Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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amai · 2021-03 · Reference

"a Pulitzer Prize-winning author argues that nuclear is safer than most energy sources" Since when are Pulitzer prize winners experts on nuclear energy? A sentence like this is shows he has absolutely no clue what he is talking about: "Nuclear waste disposal, although a continuing political problem in the U.S., is not any longer a technological problem." see [VIDEO] "A final complaint against nuclear power is that it costs too much. Whether or not nuclear power costs too much will ultimately be a matter for markets to decide, but there is no question that a full accounting of the external costs of different energy systems would find nuclear cheaper than coal or natural gas. " Ok, see here [LINK] Nuclear is already the most expensive solution to produce electricity. Also we don't need artificial nuclear energy here on Earth. There is plenty of nuclear energy available for free from the sun.

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amai · 2020-09 · Reference

The parent commenters argument was based on zero reports so I think my comment was appropriate. But even your link shows for France in €/MWh in 2017: 20 Hydro power 43.24 Solar farms 50 Nuclear (with state-covered insurance costs) 60 Onshore wind 61 Natural gas turbines without CO2 capture 100 Nuclear EPR So nuclear is never cheaper than solar and only cheaper than wind if the state is covering the insurance cost! And your argument about nuclear ramping up and down at will only works, if you have enough Uranium available. Where do you buy your Uranium? How long will the Uranium reserves last? And where will you deposit the nuclear waste? [VIDEO]

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sp332 · 2020-08 · Reference

all of which are surmountable Yes but it would be nice to actually surmount them before making more of the stuff. [VIDEO]

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