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Why is nuclear fission bad?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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It is not bad to generate electricity using nuclear power. However, there are concerns some people have with nuclear power, in particular with the side effects of it. In the process of generating electricity nuclear fuel is used up and left as what is called nuclear waste. This waste is very radioactive and a danger to living things for upwards of 10000 years. This waste must be stored, and debates about where and how it should be stored can lead people to consider nuclear power to be a "bad" method of generating electricity.

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Nuclear fission is not bad. It is merely a physical process by which an atomic nucleus is torn apart to form newer ones and release some energy. Some of its uses are certainly bad, although that is not the fault of the process itself.

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It generates radioactive waste.

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