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Is uranium safe to use for power?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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I think it is acceptably safe, others may differ. In the US there are 104 operating reactors none of which have caused any serious problems for the environment or population of the country. I think that is a pretty good record, but the industry needs always to be alert to keeping up high standards of design, maintenance, and operation.

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