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can someone please provide a link or an unsubtantiated out of context quote at least where Obama has said nuclear energy must be risk free. I looked but could only find reference to the fact that he opposes burying that shit on an earthquake fault that is downwind from a major city and with a stones throw from the water source for the majority of the southwest United States.

thanks in advance

Safe and Secure Nuclear Energy: Nuclear power represents more than 70 percent of our noncarbon

generated electricity. It is unlikely that we can meet our aggressive climate goals if we

eliminate nuclear power from the table. However, there is no future for expanded nuclear

without first addressing four key issues: public right-to-know, security of nuclear fuel and

waste, waste storage, and proliferation. Barack Obama introduced legislation in the U.S.

Senate to establish guidelines for tracking, controlling and accounting for spent fuel at nuclear

power plants.

...Obama will also lead federal efforts to look for a safe, long-term disposal solution based on

objective, scientific analysis. In the meantime, Obama will develop requirements to ensure that

the waste stored at current reactor sites is contained using the most advanced dry-cask storage

technology available. Barack Obama believes that Yucca Mountain is not an option. Our

government has spent billions of dollars on Yucca Mountain, and yet there are still significant

questions about whether nuclear waste can be safely stored there.