[hungie]

Nuclear waste leaking into the groundwater? Sure, if someone is being absurdly callous. But if we're going to invent a villain with no morals as just dumps the stuff then we might as well do the same for any other form of energy.

I prefer to assume we're comparing competent operators of any energy type in our portfolio. Saying it leaches into the groundwater is like saying "dams break and destroy towns". Yeah, it does happen I guess, but not often. And we've got lots of systems to prevent it.

[OutOfHere]

> Sure, if someone is being absurdly callous.

Firstly, the containers are known to develop leaks over decades. Secondly, there are accidents on site every year, causing tritium leaks if not also uranium. There is also a baseline level of tritium leakage that's considered normal, but it isn't actually normal for the fishes in the river.

> I prefer to assume we're comparing competent operators

Please see the list of leakage incidents at each nuclear power plant. There is one almost every year at almost every site. The local environment pays the price for it. If they were competent, these events wouldn't happen.

None of this is an issue with solar, for example. The radius of the possible damage is minuscule.