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In reply to the discussion: Another sign that we should move away from nuclear power. Hopefully we listen this time. [View all]marions ghost
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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
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
Um, no. I don't think so. Neither example is commercially viable or even on the market.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2013
#49
.... and not one of these sites was ever designed for long-term disposal of waste.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#29
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
Time out. Generation of electricity by nuclear energy is a threat to humanity?
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#39
You are going to have to come up with a one hundred percent guaranteed way of storing the waste,
MadHound
Feb 2013
#36
Do we have a plan to deal with the reactor structures that are aging and nearing
ThomThom
Feb 2013
#41