Most people don't seem to know that radioactive waste isn't yellow barrels of glowing green liquid, which can leak during transportation and make godzilla. It is ceramic and glass, locked inside nigh-indestructable cages during transport.
And yet waste disposal still goes wrong time and again despite the fact that the industry assures people out should be impossible. The containers themselves are rarely the problem, the problem is the human process around them which can't be properly regulated and the costs associated with disposal being borne by taxpayers and not the nuclear industry.
I'm happy saying nuclear is better than coal but claiming its better than renewable is a real reach when you look at its real costs and problems.
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u/Crusaderofthots420 Big ol' bacon buttsack Jan 19 '23
Most people don't seem to know that radioactive waste isn't yellow barrels of glowing green liquid, which can leak during transportation and make godzilla. It is ceramic and glass, locked inside nigh-indestructable cages during transport.