Nuclear power and bureaucracy

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Having actually worked at a Nuc plant, I'm also an advocate for nuclear power. Unfortunately, it's unpopularity contributes to making it so costly. Instead of having a national reserve for storing high level waste, spent fuel is just being stockpiled at each site - transforming a safe solution into a more dangerous one.

Each energy source has a downside. I've been to "clean" coal burning plants, but even there the smell of coal dust permeates the air, solar cells manufacturing process creates plenty of carcinogens, and wind power is often dismissed as unsightly and a bane to migratory birds.

My personal preference is a diversity of energy sources to spread the risk of any real or imagined shortages - but nuclear could definately be a bigger part of the mix.