PAXICHEN t1_is9k7n1 wrote on October 14, 2022 at 8:31 AM

Reply to comment by undivided-assUmption in Ethics of Nuclear Energy in Times of Climate Change: Escaping the Collective Action Problem by CartesianClosedCat

Yucca mountain is a crappy place geologically for a spent fuel holding place. But the spent fuel in the casks are very safe. You get more radiation exposure on a trans continental flight than you would standing next to a cask. Source: an episode of The Titans of Nuclear podcast.

undivided-assUmption t1_is9rlnh wrote on October 14, 2022 at 10:17 AM

I agree. It can't be any worse then the nukes they exploded 90 miles north of my head, when I was a kid. Its as if science couldn't understand that the geology of the great basin is synonymous with ground water. I suppose living my whole life in the heart of the Las Vegas Valley water shed makes me bias towards fall-out.