Nuclear Enrichment is kind of hard actually. Nobody's going to get away with it without others knowing.
The risk if Nuclear Energy proliferation is the waste being used in a dirty bomb.
Nuclear waste spread out in Manhtatten might not kill people, but it could make the city, or parts of it unlivable for a long time. At minimum a big disaster.
So in order for the Nuclear future to work, we'd need to set standards that have teeth.
The issue is not Canada or Germany, it's Venezuela or Colombia where there is corruption, political instability, lack of oversight, and then a local antagonist can sneak in and grab materials. Cover ups, finger pointing, refusing to allow inspectors in lest they assess the level of corruption, it all falls down while the baddies take their stolen gear to other, more ideological bad actors.
There are long term storage issues but I think those can be worked out.
Nuclear Energy is basically free Energy to any group of people civil enough to manage it.
The risk if Nuclear Energy proliferation is the waste being used in a dirty bomb.
Nuclear waste spread out in Manhtatten might not kill people, but it could make the city, or parts of it unlivable for a long time. At minimum a big disaster.
So in order for the Nuclear future to work, we'd need to set standards that have teeth.
The issue is not Canada or Germany, it's Venezuela or Colombia where there is corruption, political instability, lack of oversight, and then a local antagonist can sneak in and grab materials. Cover ups, finger pointing, refusing to allow inspectors in lest they assess the level of corruption, it all falls down while the baddies take their stolen gear to other, more ideological bad actors.
There are long term storage issues but I think those can be worked out.
Nuclear Energy is basically free Energy to any group of people civil enough to manage it.