Dick Greenhouse is essentially right. Much can be done to develop so-called green sources for home and personal use, but industrial requirements need either the fossil fuels or nuclear energy.

Uranium mining, with proper equipment and training, can be safe. Miners in the early days of uranium mining were not properly fitted out or trained in handling the materials, and had no tradition behind them, as did coal and other long-standing mining enterprises.

Re-use of waste and research on the techniques required to handle the unusable portions will eventually diminish the problems associated with nuclear energy.