i'm not worried about a nuclear fallout killing everybody.
i'm worried about the effect it'll have on this planet
nuclear material is not NATURAL. it's MAN-MADE ENRICHED NUCLEAR MATERIAL. it exists in nature very sparsely, and not irradiated to the unnatural levels nuclear fuel is.
it takes thousands of years for this stuff to degrade, that's why they test nuclear bombs in the middle of nowhere. this stuff reaches the ocean, forests, reefs, even in small amounts, it'll remain in the ecosystem for thousands of years, IT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN. let me say it again IT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN.
it'll keep making animals and micro-organisms sick for unforseeable amounts of time...
it's not oil, it's not even as bad as plastic, styrofoam would blush in the face of nuclear fallout.....