Ethanol Mandate for Iowa?

("Larry Dighera" wrote)
[snip]
What would you estimate the cost of transporting radioactive waste
might be? The potential for a spill?


Whatever the French are doing with those 'glass' blocks is fine with me.
Stackable, waterproof, inert.

I've always thought our (US) system of transporting and storing radioactive
waste containers (filled with liquid) was dumb.


Montblack

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:29:40 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote in
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("Larry Dighera" wrote)
[snip]
What would you estimate the cost of transporting radioactive waste
might be? The potential for a spill?

Whatever the French are doing with those 'glass' blocks is fine with me.
Stackable, waterproof, inert.

I agree; vitrifying spent nuclear fuel seems like a good idea.

But what about all the other radioactive contaminated material? The
piping, concrete containment structure, coolant, the low-level
radioactive waste, and the like probably are not candidates for
vitrification.

I've always thought our (US) system of transporting and storing radioactive
waste containers (filled with liquid) was dumb.

It's less than stable. That's for sure. But there may be no other
reasonable alternative.

However, the point I was trying to get across is, that the true cost
of nuclear power, when ALL is considered, is not cheap, and the
hazards are many.