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"We could’ve had essentially free clean electricity"

Did you ever handled radioactive material yourself?

Or watched how Uranium mining works and what gets left behind?

I doubt that.

Uranium mining nowadays is pretty environmentally friendly. More than half of global production is in situ mining. Nuclear also requires least amount of mining per kwh vs alternatives https://ourworldindata.org/low-carbon-technologies-need-far-...

Have you?

Yes. I was born and live close to a site where Uranium was extensively mined and cannot confirm clean nor safe.