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Old 09-20-2008, 10:30 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RH77 View Post
Essentially, we send the waste to a "permenant" holding site in Nevada. The half-life of the nuclear waste is decades, if not on the Century-scale.

...And the term "send" involves an elaborate transportation system that is far from vulnerable.
It's just something to consider... Like diamonds, "Nuclear is Forever" (at least for 2+ generations).

RH77
I wish I still had the article (or where I even read it) but all of the US nuclear waste produced to date would only fill up a HS Gym.
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