Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors::A Bill Gates-backed clean energy player is hoping to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the UK and will compete with global rivals.

  • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Is it a clean energy player or do thed build nuclear power plants? Both is not possible at the same time, since nuclear power plants need mines and produce toxic waste.

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      1 year ago

      All sources of power require some amount of mined materials, even if its just in construction. Nuclear waste is much less problematic than CO2 emissions, and nuclear power has the advantage of providing a consistent base load.

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      1 year ago

      Solar panels have already produced more waste than all nuclear plants together, 10-20 years in the future there will be so much water that many already don’t know what to do. Fuck renewables!