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Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear (www.euractiv.com)

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[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Nuclear waste can be buried deep inside the ground in stable rock in specially made canisters, not possible everywhere in the world but it's a good way to store it long term where it's possible.

While other renewables might beat nuclear in costs they cant produce electricity when the sun doesnt shine or wind doesnt blow etc. So when also accounting for the energy storage to smooth out the spikes nuclear is considerably cheaper