China has plugged in its first domestically-built nuclear reactor with hopes to become more energy-independent and to export its design across the globe.
Nuclear is a viable transition power source until full green is achieved. A coal plant kills more people and produces more radiation than an equivalent nuclear plant. Nuclear has it's problems but it's better than coal.
Even solar and wind kill more people than nuclear per unit power produced, and they're also much more extractive and environmentally damaging, all because of the huge gap in efficiency. You just need so much more renewable power infrastructure to get the equivalent of a nuclear power plant.
Nuclear is a viable transition power source until full green is achieved. A coal plant kills more people and produces more radiation than an equivalent nuclear plant. Nuclear has it's problems but it's better than coal.
Even solar and wind kill more people than nuclear per unit power produced, and they're also much more extractive and environmentally damaging, all because of the huge gap in efficiency. You just need so much more renewable power infrastructure to get the equivalent of a nuclear power plant.