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It is surprising little known that coal power stations emit more radiation than modern nuclear plants. Whilst a failure at a nuclear plant is obviously far more dangerous than one at a coal plant, nuclear is far more environmentally friendly than it is allowed to convince people it is. Waste storage is the issue, at coal/gas/oil installations the waste goes into the atmosphere contributing to the problems of the whole planet. Whereas nuclear waste just needs a relatively small storage location, which is the problem, too many fear what they do not understand. Personally, I favour every household having a small (1-3KVA ish) wind turbine this distribution acrosss millions of locations will provide resilience and reduce the wind doesnt always blow problem, add in other renewables and you can reduce the core generating requirement. Nuclear is an important part of the solution for the next 20 years but politically it is being pushed away.