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by s21n 5y ago
Yes, it's cooling down, very quickly. There is no reactor anymore, it's just melted fuel that flowed into rooms under the reactor vessel but it cooled quickly and now it's just a warm rock. Nuclear reactor is constructed in a
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by s21n 5y ago
Why not? “If you truly claim to represent the people of the future, Frank asks — people who have the exact same right to a livable planet that we do — doesn’t that mean you should be willing to kill in their defense? Not as a first choice,
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by s21n 6y ago
We need nuclear because closing the gap between 80% and 100% clean energy will be much harder and more expensive without it. Comparing the cost of building energy sources today it may look that nuclear is more expensive than renewables, but
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by s21n 7y ago
Recently there was a huge backlash in Poland over the translation of the anime series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power on Netflix [1]. There's a non-binary character named Double Trouble and the translators decided to change its gend
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by s21n 7y ago
Yes, you can still reduce carbon footprint if you're not investing in nuclear. You can invest in renewables, energy efficiency, or reduce emissions in other industries. But closing working nuclear reactors always leads to higher emissi
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by s21n 7y ago
Let's look at the bigger picture. Ontario is one of only a few regions in the world that decarbonized their electricity generation. All of these regions did this with a combination of nuclear and hydro (and a small contribution of othe
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by s21n 8y ago
This is an example of a very bad science that should never be published.
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by s21n 8y ago
Glyphosate interferes with the shikimate pathway by inhibiting the EPSP synthase enzyme. The shikimate pathway is not present in animals. European Union follows the precautionary principle, that means it would ban a substance if there'
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by s21n 8y ago
The growing share of renewables in the mix doesn't mean there's no place for nuclear in the future – it's a false dilemma fallacy. Also, Japan's solar panels may be visually imposing, but they constitute a tiny amount of
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by s21n 8y ago
Probably because it's not toxic or cancerogenic in the quantities that it is used. It's less toxic (LD50) than table salt. There's no evidence that the glyphosate residues in food could cause cancer. It's even much safer
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by s21n 8y ago
The problem with nuclear waste is exaggerated. It can be safely stored in warehouses, there's no need to bury it. The fuel rods are solid, so there's no risk of leakage. Dry cask storage containers are made of steel and concrete,