...We're already finding nuclear waste to very inconvenient...

You're right Don it is VERY difficult to dispose of. So is the waste from conventional power stations that is being spewed into our atmosphere at an alarming rate.

See Cobble's message above.

When I was in the nuclear power industry there were 20,000 deaths annually, in The UK alone, attributed to emissions from conventional power stations. Most of these were bronchial problems, people coughing themselves to death.

How many deaths are due to nuclear power stations (including Chernobyl)? How many lives have been saved by generating power without all that smoke from conventional power stations?