sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down19
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comsv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI live less than 2 miles from the last remaining coal power station in England. I would much rather have nuclear instead of a chimney chucking god knows what into the air (and subsequently into me) for my entire life.
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoFun fact, coal plants produce more radiation into their environment than nuclear plants Modern reactor designs are so damn safe it’s insane
minus-squarecloud@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf they are so damn safe why i can’t build one in my backyard?
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBecause the radioactive bits need to be handled by trained and trusted personnel because if those bits fall into the wrong hands they can be used for some horrible shit
I live less than 2 miles from the last remaining coal power station in England.
I would much rather have nuclear instead of a chimney chucking god knows what into the air (and subsequently into me) for my entire life.
Fun fact, coal plants produce more radiation into their environment than nuclear plants
Modern reactor designs are so damn safe it’s insane
If they are so damn safe why i can’t build one in my backyard?
Because the radioactive bits need to be handled by trained and trusted personnel because if those bits fall into the wrong hands they can be used for some horrible shit