Nuclear is considered ‘clean’ in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Radioactive waste is not clean in other terms and their disposal is highly problematic. It replaces one problem with another.. France is a great example of this problem because they are very advanced in nuclear energy. They struggle with this and smuggle their nuclear waste to other places in the world.
I believe there is no reason to compare. Different kind of ‘teribility’, let’s say.
It leaches enough radioactive water into the ground to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool every three years. There is no way to stop the leak until the silo can be emptied, which takes decades.
Sellafield was formerly known as Windscale. In 1957 it was the site of Britain’s worst nuclear disaster.
Okay. Is it worse than coal?
It’s not as good as renewables
That was a Neo style dodge like in the Matrix.
Nuclear is cleaner and safer than coal.
In fact, a fly ash pond is both radioactive and full of carcinogenic substances.
Nuclear is considered ‘clean’ in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Radioactive waste is not clean in other terms and their disposal is highly problematic. It replaces one problem with another.. France is a great example of this problem because they are very advanced in nuclear energy. They struggle with this and smuggle their nuclear waste to other places in the world.
As for the ‘safe’ part, this is also debatable.
For humans see a febr 2025 paper on unaccounted cancers fukushima,
For the planet as a whole see a Febr 2025 paper about Fukushima Contaminated Water Risk Factor: Global Implications
Okay but those are too efficient so the capitalists wont let us have them in substantial quantity. Pick a worse option.
I believe there is no reason to compare. Different kind of ‘teribility’, let’s say.