And what is the half-life in years of the waste it produces?
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Irrelevant. Nuclear water harms far fewer people than fossil fuel emissions despite its long half life. https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/2013_kharecha_02/
Waste* smh
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Definitely not irrelevant. There are trade offs... good energy density for sure but you deal with storing radioactive waste. Your own source discusses that.... it's a necessary step to deal with a much worse climate condition.
"We conclude that nuclear energy — despite posing several challenges, as do all energy sources (ref. 7) — needs to be retained and significantly expanded in order to avoid or minimize the devastating impacts of unabated climate change and air pollution caused by fossil fuel burning."
I think our statements agree. The challenges of dealing with nuclear waste safely pale in comparison to the externalities of burning fossil fuels. Purely from a damage minimization standpoint,