On Fri, March 31, 2006 2:45 pm, Pindell, Tim wrote:
>
> That's a concern of mine as well. Although I like the idea of nuclear
> power, and I'm confident in the engineering of the reactor facilities, I
> have real concerns about where we would put the waste.
>
> If I wouldn't want nuclear waste in my backyard, why should I require
> someone else to have it in theirs?
Currently the waste is hazardous for many thousands of years so long term
storage is necessary. However, technology has been developed (and then
cancelled) that will allow the still fissionable leftover uranium (what takes
many thousands of years to degrade) to be reprocessed back into viable fuel
rods. This process yields short lived waste that's only hazardous for a few
hundred years.
If you're interested, give this a read, it's quite informative.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/interviews/till.html
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