Opinion of Nuclear Energy

[muon2]

For waste management the nearest technology of choice should be a subcritical reactor using an accelerator driven system. An ADS can destroy heavy long-lived radionuclides while generating electricity, reducing the waste stream by a factor of 100 and the storage time by a factor of 1000. MYRRHA in Belgium is one of the pilots under construction for this type of technology, scheduled for full operation by 2025.

[muon2]

I actually just started working at a nuclear power plant recently and I think it's definitely better than coal, but I really think we should be moving in the renewable energy direction... a lot worse things can happen in a nuclear meltdown than with wind energy.

I actually train for that soon!

Which plant? I've toured Dresden station.