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Originally Posted by HarryT
A nuclear plant produces no CO2..
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Depends. Try integrating stuff like the resource-delivery or plant construction.
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The amount of "high level" waste produced is actually pretty small, and disposing of it not really very difficult. Dig a deep hole is a geologically stable area. Drop it in. Cover it with 100m of concrete. Problem solved.
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As if. 1) Can you guarantee for any given region that it is "geologically stable under all conditions"? That there is no chance of a leakage e.g. into ground water?
2) Digging a hole big enough is not that cheap
3) The whole process is expensive
But - as I already stated - I am not opposed to nuclear power plants. Just stating that you should always remember the negative points.
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Certain it's not perfect - no industrial plant can exist that doesn't have some adverse effect on the environment - but the environmental impact of a nuclear power station is a lot less than that of a coal station.
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This I can agree with - wrt the currently known research.