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Yucca Mountain Approved for US Nuclear Waste Storage
Cephalien writes "As reported by Reuters (The link is from AT&T Worldnet -- No registration required, etc, etc), looks like congress has pushed this through against Nevada's objections (NIMBY, anyone?). Now all that's left is the licensing from the NRC. I dunno about you folks, but I'm glad I don't live in Nevada." After 20 years in the making and 4 billion in studies construction on the $58b facility can begin. It was this or Cmdrtacos basement.
But this is NUKULEAR waste! Everybody knows that NUKULEAR waste is dangerous for 900000000000000000000 years, so it would be better to just wring hands about it and let the waste remain in temporary storages, rather than bury it deep underground in a desert.
but if not Yucca Mountain, then where? South Dakota? Florida? Canada?
The Capitol Building? Put it where it'll actually do some good.
They send us their oil and we send them nuclear waste material. Or, if they prefer in 'pre spent' form on the tips of missiles. Seems fair to me.
Canada??.. we already get too much of your hazardous waste!.. why not mexico! We here in canada have similar problems anytime anything to do with dumping anything in a new site comes up. We live good lives and we have to deal with the results of our comfort. Until we can shoot that stuff into the sun Nevada will just have live with it!
Oh, wait... already been tried. Well, so much for that idea.
2030? I thought the rule was Fusion was ALWAYS just 10 years away
I seems like a fair trade... we get Tom Green, and you folks some of our nuclear waste.
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