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Nuclear power

TheCatWoman

Starmer has announced plans for new nuclear power stations dotted about England and Wales, they will be the new small scale ones, rather than the monsters we've been used too. I still don't want them, I don't see nuclear as a clean energy solution, nuclear waste is by definition dirty and you can't make clean with dirty. The waste will still have to be stored somewhere and will still be dangerous for tens of thousands of years, longer than humans have been out of Africa. It's said that it will power the new industries of the future, such as AI, is this a future we want? We will have less opportunities to object to them too, as this sort of development will be green lighted despite any local opposition.

How do you feel about a new nuclear power station on your doorstep?

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  • I can see that the world is not perfect. Decisions have to be made, however. As I see it climate change is a bigger and more pressing problem than nuclear waste disposal. The existence of nuclear waste is not going to result in London being mostly under water and the Netherlands disappearing under the waves, but climate change very well might. Renewable, weather-dependent, sources of power can only do so much, because they are not available all of the time. I would not be greatly concerned with a well-designed mini nuclear power station being sited near where I live. 

  • in reply to Martin

    Climate catastrophe is definitely on the cards. In the grand scheme of things unless something dramatic is done on an international scale nothing is going to improve. The current dialogue coming out of the USA doesn't fill me with hope. Financial growth seems to be the only thing that's important, we might not have a habitable planet but the shareholders will be happy.

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  • in reply to Martin

    Climate catastrophe is definitely on the cards. In the grand scheme of things unless something dramatic is done on an international scale nothing is going to improve. The current dialogue coming out of the USA doesn't fill me with hope. Financial growth seems to be the only thing that's important, we might not have a habitable planet but the shareholders will be happy.

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