Nuclear is the only one that can actually satisfy base load demand, we don’t have enough batteries in the world to make up for solar and wind. Nuclear is also the safest.
Nuclear is safer than solar and wind? That doesn’t sound right
Vibes are the best way to tackle existential threats.
Nuclear is ridiculously safe. I mean that literally. No other industry is as safe and has as many regulations and as much oversight as nuclear power, largely unfounded.
Personally I’d prefer other industries get safer though to make up the gap.
It isn’t but nuclear Stans cant reason.
source 1 (2012 article, listing statista as source)
source 2 (2023 graph from statista)
In 2012 nuclear was by far the safest. Now, it’s only beaten by solar, and only by 0.01 deaths per thousand terawatt hour.
It’s also worth pondering the fact that governments have not been investing nearly as much into developing nuclear as renewables.
With a better worldwide energy grid, I’d like to think geothermal could be a contender too.
OP what have you done ? You woke them up !
Now all the pro nuclear are going to comment under your post explaining why nuclear is better than hydro.
Also, even though hydroelectricity is amazing I think we already have dams on most of the suitable areas. There is not much room left for expansion.
Solar is better than Nuclear because it uses fewer UPS.
Dam based hydro is way worse for the environment than nuclear. Nuclear is also safer than dam based hydro.
Pretty sure tidal is still safer and more environmentally friendly but you can’t really use tidal just anywhere.
Hydro alters environments, stick with nuclear.
If it requires a dam to be build in that area then for sure. However, there are some locations which can take advantage of the natural landscape such as Niagara falls.
Nuclear waste sucks!
BUT: We already have about 60 years worth of it, and we need to find a long term storage solution regardless.
And assuming we would double the amount of nuclear waste, then it would only take one additional half-time to decay.
Go nuclear!
Spent fuel rod reactors are well into development, and they will be able to use that waste to generate power and leave behind non-radioactive materials.
Yes that’s true but that’s also not the point. The point is that we already have a problem and making it twice the size doesn’t make it twice as bad
It will take quite a while to double our spent fuel rods, and once we start using them for fuel we can tackle the rods faster than we produce them.
In the meantime underground storage works just fine without harming people or the environment much.
Replace solar with another nuclear reactor.
