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2/ Renewables are the right long term play. But, renewables + nuclear will A) speed up decarbonization & B) be necessary Models show when ~80% of electricity comes from renewables, an additional consistent low-carbon source of energy is still neededhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/is-nuclear-power-worth-the-risk …

3.5/ quote from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-nuclear-power.html … More on safer than we think: "Chernobyl rate is nine times lower than the death rate from liquefied gas… and 47 times lower than from hydroelectric stations"https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-nuclear-power-must-be-part-of-the-energy-solution-environmentalists-climate …

4/ Waste is less of an issue than we'd think as well: "The U.S. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) ... could easily accommodate the entire world’s nuclear waste for the next thousand years."https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-nuclear-power-must-be-part-of-the-energy-solution-environmentalists-climate …

4.5/ "Nuclear waste is compact — America’s total from 60 years would fit in a Walmart — and is safely stored in concrete casks and pools, becoming less radioactive over time."https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-nuclear-power.html …

5/ Nuclear waste doesn't equal nuclear weapons: "24 countries have nuclear power but not weapons, while Israel and North Korea have nuclear weapons but not power."https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-nuclear-power.html …

6/ It's more efficient than other forms of zero carbon energy: Capacity Factors (% of days out of year) Nuclear - 92.3 hydroelectric - 38.2 wind turbines - 34.5 solar - 25.1 Coal or natural gas ~ 50ishhttps://e360.yale.edu/features/why-nuclear-power-must-be-part-of-the-energy-solution-environmentalists-climate …