Coal plants emit more radioactive particles than nuclear. The amount of waste really is tiny in the bigger picture, far far less than other industries produce, and it’s not that big a deal to store it.

Nuclear really is a clean industry in every sense , especially when compared against the amount of energy produced. Solar etc etc all have waste products in their manufacturing and disposal , and you need a looootttt of solar panels or wind turbines to match the power output of a nuclear power station.

The biggest issue with nuclear is cost, which is high compared to other options.

Sure, you could also simply stand around looking at things saying “hmmmm…”. After all every observation is unique, so you could accept all the differences and just observe it as it is, say “hmmmm” and then move on to the next unique and special observation. Trying to identify commonality and give it names just throws away most of the information in each unique and special experience

If the business model collapses, it can lead to shutdowns, running models is expensive and if no one wants to pay the actual costs the party stops. If only a few people are willing/able to pay the high actual costs then scale gets lost as well, keeping prices up high.

Sure the cat is out of the bag and it’s likely there’ll be some form of generative AI in future, but the ecosystem is likely to be very different to the mass-investment loss-driven environment we are currently seeing