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Fossil fuel waste goes straight into the atmosphere is and is killing millions of people through climate change and respiratory diseases. And not forgetting slag piles and other fossil fuel waste (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster).

Nuclear waste has killed possibly a few hundred people at best.

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You should also take in consideration, that nuclear waste is dangerous over a very long period of time. So a couple hundred now might turn into millions until the waste is no longer dangerous.

>You should also take in consideration, that nuclear waste is dangerous over a very long period of time. So a couple hundred now might turn into millions until the waste is no longer dangerous.

Take into consideration the burning of fossil fuels over a very long period of time. Billions.

> So a couple hundred now might turn into millions until the waste is no longer dangerous.

Not if we store it properly, like we already do.

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