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I don’t mean to start a fight, but I really don't get how nuclear claims to be "clean" now. Ask the people from Pripyat how clean it is, it's never been clean. The nuclear industry has pounced on this idea of "clean" like a life line ever since global warming became a major concern. Maybe it doesn't release carbon while producing its power, but that does not make it clean. It still produces a lot of carbon in the mining and processing of the materials, but that can be hidden in the details. And in my opinion the biggest concern is do you know how many permanent long term HLW (High Level Waste) storage facilities there are in the entire world? NONE. There is not a single solution to the HLW that is accumulating at 12000 metric tons a year, some of which has a half life of over 200,000 years, and some which has a half life of 17 million years. Clean indeed.
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