Nuclear Energy? about noharm HOT 6 CLOSED

Totally agree with this. I was surprised to find this in the license!

from noharm.

In some cases, nuclear energy technology saves lives. Certain radioactive isotopes are extracted from reactors to use in cancer treatment, or for imaging the body: https://www.britannica.com/story/how-radioactive-isotopes-are-used-in-medicine. Than there is the case of, if you replace a fossil fuel power plant with a nuclear power plant, fewer people will die of air pollution.

People may be unaware that the Curiosity rover, and other NASA missions uses nuclear energy, in the form of radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). The radioactive isotopes in RTGs, or nuclear batteries as they are also known, require nuclear reactors to produce them.

from noharm.

I was also very surprised to see this in the license. This essentially means that this license burdens those fighting climate change, which is the exact opposite of the intended effect of the license. Nuclear energy is (almost certainly) going to be the most important technology for generating power in the next 50-100 years. It can be done safely & responsibly. Look at the CANDU reactors, for example -- they are all over the world, have an outstanding safety record, and are very efficient.

Until this clause is removed, I simply cannot in good conscience use this license for my projects. I would just remove that from the list, but changing licenses is something I've always read should be avoided.

Please reconsider changing it to Weapons of mass destruction, as suggested by @tsteinholz

from noharm.

Nuclear energy is not as deadly as other forms of energy production (both renewable and non-renewable sources). Weapons of mass destruction are already covered in the license with other forms of unprovoked violence.

I think this discussion can end here.

from noharm.

This seems to have been changed in the most recent version of the license, so this issue can be closed! And now I can use this license, yay!

from noharm.

@tsteinholz or @tommaitland, do you mind closing this, please? This issue has been resolved.

from noharm.