Operated from 1972 to 1996 and produced 119 billion kilowatt hours of energy
Dry cask storage is a method for safely storing spent nuclear fuel after it has cooled for several years in water pools. Once the fuel rods are no longer producing extreme heat, they are sealed inside massive steel and concrete casks that provide both radiation shielding and passive cooling through natural air circulation—no water is needed. Each cask can weigh over 100 tons and is engineered to resist earthquakes, floods, fire, and even missile strikes. This makes it a robust interim solution until permanent deep geological repositories are available. The casks are expected to last 50–100 years, though the fuel inside remains radioactive for thousands. Dry cask storage reduces reliance on crowded spent fuel pools, provides a secure above-ground option, and buys time for nations to develop long-term disposal strategies. In essence, it’s a durable, self-contained “vault” for nuclear waste
Why? That waste we mostly don't need to worry about. This waste will be deadly for thousands of years.....
The global heating caused by coal will be deadly as well but on a much more global scale.
Don't forget the coal ash, which is something to worry about.
Yeah, no need to worry about the billions of tons of C02 that has been pumped into the atmosphere...
You could make out with those casks for 5 minutes every day and not suffer any ill effects. Unlike any of the byproducts from coal.
What waste are you referring to that you think does not need to be worried about?
The byproducts from solar panels and wind turbines.
Edit: the impacts of storage production are probably a way more fair comparison and I will still put Lithium-based battery production as less harmful than this type of waste that requires long term storage I doubt our species to be capable of.
Still waste, and some non radioactive waste can remain dangerous too. Maybe not as bad and for a shorter amount of time, but still.
I think it would be nice to see, to put things into perspective.
Blatant misinformation, there are so many resources you could read or watch to better inform yourself, but you have, at this point, deliberately chosen not to.
If you're worried about nuclear waste affecting your life in any negative fashion, don't go outside and breathe the air or stand anywhere close to a radio transmitter.
No, we do need to worry about those. The company producing them just doesn't need to put in any effort to contain them, and the public has to deal with it. Nuclear is largely so expensive because they have to be incredibly safe, to an honestly ridiculous degree. Meanwhile other power production just throws their hazerdous waste around and let's everyone else deal with it so they can continue to make a larger profit.