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Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
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Originally posted by DeepFat:
Seems nuclear power, in concept, is here to stay. Couple points, tho.
A Cal Tech scientist says there's not enough uranium to support wide scale nuclear power for more than a few decades. I dunno.
Second, Heub... how do they handle high-level nuke waste? Is the plan to encase it in glass and send it to Nevada forever?
DF
The USA actually has Nuclear Waste Management Companies... they take care of it ... for a large fee.
But the waste will be minimal for a very long time to come.
Check out France. They re-process the used fuel and use it again. I'm not sure what percent effiency it is, but as far as I know, France has no uranium to speak of. I believe they send it out of country to re-process, maybe to Australia. France, and a lot of Europe has a much higher percent of their power from Nuclear than we do here.
At one time, I worked at BFN, and I'm ok with it.