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Thread #90532   Message #1718153
Posted By: Bunnahabhain
14-Apr-06 - 12:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Nuke vs. Fossil Elec/Cost-Benefit?
Subject: RE: BS: Nuke vs. Fossil Elec/Cost-Benefit?
Fossil fuel stations also use lots of water, Guest.

In Britian, we solved this problem by siting all of our power/weapons materiel reactors on the coast.

Shanghai Celtic, had you seen one of the proposed approaches to the waste? Reprocess the fuel, and for the high level waste, you simply leave it in situ for the time being. You build the replacement reactor next to it, as the site has the infrastructure alrerady, and is clearly suitable. You have the same security round the decomissioned and live reactors, both against terrorists and to moniter the enviromental containment. All you have to do is maintain the building, and you should have experts on site.

You contain contain the stuff you can't deal with easily until we find a way to do so.