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By all practical measurements of safety and cleanliness, nuclear is extraordinarily clean, safe energy yet it keeps being attacked ferociously and without good reasoning. It's tiresome to see when one considers just how much potential it has in terms of usable fuel supplies and possible near future innovations.

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I kind of agree with you, wind energy on land influences our ecosystem more than nuclear energy - nonetheless there is more tangible pollution by nuclear power plants. Additionally one (parliament) may has to justify a power plant since there is a responsibility to neighbouring countries and the ecosystem. Nuclear energy _always_ implies a risk. The demand on energy is always increasing and such a power plant works in proportions which are not conceivable for us citiziens.

I am proud of my nation: We shifted our values - we rated our ecosystem higher than competitive advantages.

> nonetheless there is more tangible pollution by nuclear power plants

I'm struggling to see this. Do you mean uranium mining?

The pollution associated with the rare Earth metals to build a turbine is a magnitude greater.

I am referring to the waste associated with the operation of the power plant as such. There is propably a break even point in terms of pollution where nuclear power plants fail in comparsion to alternative power sources.

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