Regarding the safety of nuclear power plants, it is an internationally recognized fact by mainstream science. However, for a small island like Taiwan, where to put nuclear waste often becomes a brainwashing issue that politicians love to manipulate, thus transforming into a huge problem where politics overrides professionalism.
In fact, putting nuclear waste in your home has always been a stupid hypothetical issue favored by a bunch of idiots…
🏡 Practical Storage Strategy for Nuclear Waste
In reality, there’s no need to spend extra money looking for a place; nuclear waste can be stored within the power plant’s internal space. At least 40 years of storage capacity is sufficient within a single plant.
Store the waste you generate yourself, self-sufficiently…
Seriously, with subsidies and proper safe encapsulation, putting nuclear waste in my home is actually feasible, wink wink…
♻️ Advantages and Future of Nuclear Waste
It’s also important to emphasize here that while nuclear waste currently appears to be a drawback of nuclear power, it is also an advantage due to the following characteristics:
- Small in quantity, sealable, and isolable, it does not affect you, me, or the ecosystem.
Moreover, next-generation nuclear power generation technologies may even use this waste to generate electricity in the future… meaning the waste currently produced by power generation will be the new fuel for next-generation power plants…
🔥 Contrast with Thermal Power Generation
Thermal power generation waste, however, is exactly the opposite:
- Large in quantity, unsealable, and non-isolable, it will certainly affect you, me, and the ecosystem.
- It also contributes to global warming. Save the polar bears 🐻❄️
For equally inexpensive baseload electricity, nuclear power is far more environmentally friendly than thermal power. Nuclear power generation is even recognized as true environmentally friendly green energy in the United States.