The greatest objection to the spread of nuclear technology and power reactors to developing countries, however, is that it will increase the risks
of nuclear weapons proliferation.
Those include: operational risks, and the associated concerns, uranium mining risks, financial and regulatory risks, unresolved waste management issues,
nuclear weapon proliferation concerns, and adverse public opinion (robust evidence, high agreement).
These include the potential of catastrophic reactor accidents on the scale of Chernobyl, the difficulties of managing long - lived radioactive waste, and increased likelihood
of nuclear weapons proliferation.
Nuclear weapons proliferation and its potential connections to the spread of nuclear energy to address climate change.
But nuclear power and
nuclear weapons proliferation are quite entangled with one another.