"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
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John H wrote:
A good article on nuclear waste disposal. The liberals continue to
pull the wool over the eyes of the masses, but maybe the word is
getting out. France has had the right idea for lots of years.

http://tinyurl.com/czv338

Note also the Opinion Journal Forum. "Otherwise, great editorial and
great message. Unlike its competition,
fossil fuel combustion, heavy metal fission does not inherent produce
a nasty waste product that needs immediate release into our common
atmosphere. It produces a relatively tiny amount of very dense
material with useful properties that can be easily stored until it can
be recycled and reused. Canceling Yucca Mountain may have been the
smartest decision yet by the new administration."

Rod Adams
Publisher, Atomic Insights
Host and producer, The Atomic Show Podcast
Founder, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. --
John H

For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/d3vxvm

The liberals are scared to death of a few tons of Nuclear waste, while
they want power plants to capture 3 billion tons/year of carbon dioxide
gas and store it forever. (National Geographic figures) It gets worse if
they store it as a metal salt, now they are storing 7 billion tons/year of
hazardous materials with all of the regulated controls.

Can you imagine the kill zone if a large container carbon dioxide ruptures
and a few 1000 tons of carbon dioxide gas instantly was spread over a
community? Everything, people animals, etc. would be dead for miles.

Personally I would prefer a few thousand pounds of Nuclear waste, on
container failure it would slowly leak from its containers and could be
contained.



Actually lots of waste. Less than coal mining and burning causes. The high
level waste is a minority of the waste. My neighborhood is home to lots of
nuclear physicists and engineers from the Livermore National labs. Former
fishing partner is a retiree from the lab. The contaminated clothes, tools,
rags are a majority of the waste that needs to be stored. The control rods
and contents are recycled. Coal plants and coal mining release much more
radioactivity than has ever been released by nuclear plants. Probably
including Chernobyl. Just not as high level.