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Nuclear power is perfectly safe. There is nothing to worry about.
by asdf on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 06:55:01 PM EST
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It is one of the more baffling aspects of the rush to nuclear is the complete lack of agreement about what to do with the waste. I'd be much less skeptical if there were agreed methods and standards for all levels of waste that were permanent solutions good in geological timeframes.

In the absence of this we have a hodge-pdge of inadequate solutions that keep failing. It's not a good sales pitch to keep irradiating the countryside simply because you can't stop barrels rusting in the inadequate temporary facilities where they've been rotting since the dawn of the nuclear age.

Personally, I've moved towards supporting vitrification and dispersal in deep oceans, say the mid-Atlantic ridge where the abyssal volcanic smokers are already pouring out pollutants faster than mankind is, with a non-zero radioactive content. so it'd just get lost in the noise.

not green, but despite the bs from gnorant politicians, nuclear isn't green. If we have to have a non-green base load (and I'm still not convinced) then lets do it proeprly and fund it properly now. not pretend we're funding it by loading it onto future generations at government level.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 05:03:36 AM EST
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