KeitaSutra t1_isq7n38 wrote
Reply to comment by undivided-assUmption in Ethics of Nuclear Energy in Times of Climate Change: Escaping the Collective Action Problem by CartesianClosedCat
The waste is so safe you could literally put it in your backyard.
undivided-assUmption t1_it1f4ex wrote
If that wastes safe, we'd be finding ways to profit from the toxic. Not arguing over shipping and holding costs. If, chemistry can't turn nuclear byproducts into cash, and Noone wants radioactive radiation transported through their yard, down their streets, or through their cities, is it really safe?
KeitaSutra t1_it1h5kj wrote
Recycling the waste with fast reactors isn’t economical right now because uranium prices are so cheap.
It’s perfectly safe. SNF usually sits in a cooling pool for a few years and then is moved into dry casks shielded by steel and concrete. Has never killed a single person. Transporter all the time and extremely safe.
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