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1. simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.cc)'s status on Friday, 23-Apr-2021 15:02:38 UTC simsa03
   Richard Stone, "No excess mutations in the children of Chernobyl survivors, new study finds" https://gnusocial.cc/url/540605
   
   « In a study of more than 200 Chernobyl survivors and their children, the researchers found no evidence of a transgenerational effect. »
   
   [Stop fretting about ominous radiation and start building more nuclear power plants.]
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} repeated this.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 23-Apr-2021 22:50:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

     in reply to
     @simsa03 I find that two other arguments against nuclear power come up:
     
     1: Current nuclear technology was intentionally chosen because it produces substances useful in weapons programs.
     
     2: The issue of nuclear waste.
     
     I know there are some designs that are expected produce little if any long-lived waste (and no weapons material), but as far as I am aware, no one has built such reactors to test them out.