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Decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Plant May Take Decades
gkndivebum writes "Southern California Edison has elected to decommission the San Onofre nuclear plant after a failed effort to upgrade the steam generation system. 'Nuclear economics' is the reason stated for the proposed decommissioning. Other utilities operating nuclear power plants in the US likely face similar decisions when it comes to weighing the costs of upgrading older facilities. Allowing the reactors to remain in 'safe storage' for a period of up to 60 years will allow for radioactive decay and lower radiation exposure for the workers performing the demolition."
You're not really changing shit, sorry, all you are doing is wasting time on something that in this case the free market will actually solve. I mean sure if you want to because it gives you a boost of smug? go right ahead, whatever, but again this is a problem that actually will solve itself.
You see, if you were to just follow the trail to its logical conclusion it will all make sense, now follow along. Where does all that waste go? Well due to the price of land most of the big cities end up sending it to poorer counties and states for burial...well what happens when those resources get scarce? Those poor states and counties are gonna be sitting on top of gold mines that's what! You burn the organics for power (I think Sweden or Denmark is already doing that and actually importing trash for that purpose) and use the power to process all those metals that will be quite precious at that time, I even read they are working on a microwave that will let you break down plastic into oil for reuse.
So as you see the garbage problem? Not really a problem, all those poor states taking that trash will be able to dig it right back out when the price is right so its gonna end up recycled any way you slice it, the only question is when and by whom, you are some county in Alabama.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
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