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3. I completely agree

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:28 PM

Feb 2013

I've been trying to wrap my head around that this leaking pile of trouble sits on the Columbia River. I'm sick and tired of people trying to defend these nuclear plants, there is no defense.

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Another sign that we should move away from nuclear power. Hopefully we listen this time. [View all] MadHound Feb 2013 OP

Hanford is hardly the norm. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #1

Virtually every single nuclear facility that stores nuclear waste has had problems, MadHound Feb 2013 #4

Objectively, to want to end nuclear today means increasing Fossil Fuel use dramatically. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #9

Well, perhaps you need to recognize that I was speaking figuratively. MadHound Feb 2013 #13

Why Thin Film? NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #14

I think you're a bit behind in the field, MadHound Feb 2013 #44

Um, no. I don't think so. Neither example is commercially viable or even on the market. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #49

Don't forget Savannah River marions ghost Feb 2013 #17

.... and not one of these sites was ever designed for long-term disposal of waste. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #29

Umm, there are no long term waste disposal options. MadHound Feb 2013 #45

No. It was a perfectly acceptable solution. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #47

Just one example of the unsuitability of Yucca Mt. MadHound Feb 2013 #50

I would really like to see a link for that dye test. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #51

Well, isn't that nice....people, norm(al) people, live around Hanford and they... Tikki Feb 2013 #8

I worked there. I am first-person familiar with the problems. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #30

your language is meaningless pasto76 Feb 2013 #22

Which scenario has greater risk: Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #33

You know, every well thought out specific plan... Tikki Feb 2013 #34

Ask your family member if he/she would rather have the waste safely contained. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #35

Where and when is this 'Fountain of Youth' for nuclear plants and the waste they generate? Tikki Feb 2013 #37

My policy is to respond only twice to people who refuse to explain themselves. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #38

You are correct that Hanford is not the norm. Younger plants have yet to experience rhett o rick Feb 2013 #24

nuclear has shown itself to be a threat to humanity quinnox Feb 2013 #2

Well, right now, there are viable alternatives, MadHound Feb 2013 #6

Time out. Generation of electricity by nuclear energy is a threat to humanity? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #39

let me elaborate stonecutter357 Feb 2013 #43

So, how many people died from this? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #48

You have to be shill . stonecutter357 Feb 2013 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #46

I completely agree me b zola Feb 2013 #3

There is much for the OP to learn mick063 Feb 2013 #5

Gee mick0, please do educate me, MadHound Feb 2013 #10

Coming up on 2 hours since he posted DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #18

To me the biggest concern is not the tanks but the tons and tons rhett o rick Feb 2013 #25

Let me add a bit while we wait billyclem Feb 2013 #52

I know more about this than you could ever know. mick063 Feb 2013 #54

Nuclear weapons are not civilian nuclear power/energy. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #7

Actually, the issue isn't the waste that is in these tanks, MadHound Feb 2013 #11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOX_fuel stonecutter357 Feb 2013 #16

to read later snagglepuss Feb 2013 #12

Relax. They're just venting a little steam. bvar22 Feb 2013 #15

Venting secondary steam I hope. But who are we to know rhett o rick Feb 2013 #31

How close is this to the Columbia River? SHRED Feb 2013 #19

I would guess approx 10 miles. Nothing to worry about. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #28

I live in Washington State padruig Feb 2013 #20

Or it's a reason to move towards modern nuclear power production. dairydog91 Feb 2013 #21

With nearly 20% of our energy being provided by nuclear.... Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #26

You are going to have to come up with a one hundred percent guaranteed way of storing the waste, MadHound Feb 2013 #36

Madhound, how do you feel about more modern designs? sofa king Feb 2013 #23

Disposal? Why not ship it to the Moon? randome Feb 2013 #32

..And produce the inevitable Challenger disaster? bvar22 Feb 2013 #40

Gee, I thought this was going to be about the meteor Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #27

Do we have a plan to deal with the reactor structures that are aging and nearing ThomThom Feb 2013 #41

I read about this sallyjojo Feb 2013 #42