Nuclear revival rekindles waste concerns

Just what about this fucking problem is going over everyone's head?

No one knows what to do with spent nuclear fuel. The shit is radioactive for centuries and we have no idea where to store it. DUH!

Thousands of canisters of highly radioactive waste from the world's most nuclear-energized nation lie, silent and deadly, beneath this jutting tip of Normandy. Above ground, cows graze and Atlantic waves crash into heather-covered hills.

The spent fuel, vitrified into blocks of black glass that will remain dangerous for thousands of years, is in "interim storage." Like nearly all the world's nuclear waste, it is still waiting for the long-term disposal solution that has eluded scientists and governments in the six decades since the atomic era began.

Via Yahoo News.

Fact Check: Democrats omit inconvenient realities in debate over nuclear waste

Face the fucking truth. Nuclear waste is a HUGE problem. It has been and will remain so.

The dustup between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over nuclear waste is a case of the pot calling the kettle radioactive.

Both have taken money from a nuclear power industry that needs a place to put its waste. Both say expanded nuclear power should be considered.

Both oppose the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. Neither says exactly where the waste should go, if not the only permanent repository under development in the U.S.

Via IHT.