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The 7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change (eu.boell.org)
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This is a (slightly older) article about Nuclear Energy and climate change. It's a hottly debated topic in climate communities, so I thought some of you would enjoy to read it.

Another article that brings up some more points against nuclear power can be found here.

I'd be interested what you ppl think of the matter.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I am not an expert, nor do I love nuclear power. But as I understand it with renewables we need to solve the storage problem. Wind and solar intermittent, and battery options are terrible in efficacy, cost, and environmental impact. Plus the north american grid is old and built around power being always-on - there isn't (yet) the ability to shuffle power from areas with to areas without to the scale we'd need.

So I have a feeling that despite all these issues nuclear will be part of the solution. Lucikly it's so expensive and has such low public opinion that I doubt governments will go "all-in" on nuclear any time soon.