In a recent study, researchers from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) questioned the planned development of new nuclear capacities in the energy strategies of the United States and certain European countries.

New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power::In a recent study, researchers from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) questioned the planned development of new nuclear capacities in the energy strategies of the United States and certain European countries.

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    136·
    1 year ago

    What’s cheaper to recycle, fiberglass windmills or radioactive waste?

    • scv@discuss.onlineEnglish
      172·
      1 year ago

      I did not know the answer so I looked it up. Fiberglass is hard to recycle and it isn’t done much. A lot of nuclear “waste” is actually spent fuel which can be reprocessed and used again.

      Obviously it would be better to improve recycling of fiberglass but as it stands today, nuclear waste might be recycled more often than fiberglass…

      • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        Nuclear waste is a hell of a lot more expensive to process than fiberglass, which is why I pay a “nuclear decommissioning” every month on my electric bill.

    • Rev@ihax0r.comEnglish
      72·
      1 year ago

      But disposal/storage of waste is baked in to the cost of nuclear. The economics of solar and wind don’t include those which is why we have windmill trash heaps

    • MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      34·
      1 year ago

      You are right, solar panels in which lead is used in manufacturing are definitively easiest and cheapest to recycle.