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[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

You get much more radiation and excess deaths from Coal and Natural gas plants than Fukushima and Chernobyl, it's just that it's not as obvious as it happens slowly over time.

In fact there are more deaths caused by wind energy sources than nuclear energy sources.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 0 points 3 days ago

There was still 164,000 people who needed to evacuate 230 square miles. The land is contaminated and cleanup is proving difficult. Japan will be dealing with the environmental impact for a century I'd wager.

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[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

They need cooling water, so "on the coast" is a reasonable location. Or do you mean "not in Japan"? A country without many great options for clean energy generation. Frankly Japan is one of the places nuclear makes sense to me. There's not many options.

It doesn't make sense to me in the US where there's a sunshine belt across the country 5 timezones long, large windswept plains and shallow coastlines. The US is rich in options and nuclear falls down the list.

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[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 17 hours ago
[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago

Yeah I’m way over this conversation dude lol have a nice rest of your week

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