> > Part of the cost-effectiveness equation is liability. Do some research on > the effects of the Chernobyl incident. Then transpose those effects to a > heavily populated area like Southern California and you can see why nobody > wants to take on the responsibility, legally or ethically.
Huh? You can't transpose Chernobyl to ANYWHERE in the US. We don't build graphite-shielded reactors here. If you want to see what a 98% meltdown looks like HERE, check out 3 mile island. THAT'S a worst-case scenario. As for the Yucca Mt. foolishness, I think that any program that has even the > slightest possibility of poisoning the entire American Southwest, Mexico > and > the western coastal waters of the Americas should be an obvious no-go.
Vitrified (mixed with molted glass) waste doesn't leach out, so it CAN'T poison the "entire American Southwest". A 5-ton blob of glass buried under a mountain is far safer than the NATURAL radon gas leaking into basements all across the country. |
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