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Nuclear energy is, in the long run, cleaner than oil. There are no tankers with vulnerable hulls that could leak crude oil into the ocean, there is a dramatic reduction in potential greenhouse gases being produced, and--contrary to popular belief--spent nuclear fuel could be safely shipped via spacecraft to be stored on the Moon where it could irradiate no one.
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How do you figure? We can't even launch satalites into orbit with an acceptable success rate, but you think it would be safe to ship radioactive waste to the moon? Out of 53 orbital launches in 2004, there were 4 failures (2 US, 1 Russian, 1 Isreali). Out of 61 launches on 2003 there were 4 failures (The US Space Shuttle Columbia, 1 Brazilian, 1 Japanese, 1 Chinese). Tje US also had a failure in 2001, 4 in 1999, 2 in 1998, 1 in 1997 (the list goes on).