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Most of the environmental impact of nuclear power is from mining. Mining is also very dangerous work. Fortunately, uranium can be acquired from sea water at essentially unlimited amounts! It costs, with current tech, about twice as much as mined uranium so of course people don't do it (even though it's better for the environment and human life...) but there's no theoretical reason why it can't take place and uranium fuel is an essentially trivial cost when running a reactor. There's also the odd breakthrough that may make it cheaper - eg http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19335708
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Cartoon posted:It's dated (2008) and Photovoltaic is considered expensive but it is a decent link to have unless there is a better one http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=solar-cells-prove-cleaner-way-to-produce-power So would wind power, nuclear power, etc. "It wouldn't cut air pollution enough" isn't a reason people don't think solar is a usable global solution.
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