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8. If nuclear power was scaled up to "displace fossil fuel entirely"

Reply to hunter (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:40 PM

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There would be huge issues with uranium extraction (e.g. supply, radioactive mine tailings, transport and refinement of ore, "destruction of previously undeveloped landscapes&quot . There would be vastly increased safety risk, and a greatly increased burden of managing radioactive waste - forever. Nuclear is a non-starter, but is favored by the extraction industry as a false argument against renewable energy.

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