The fuel after 250 years is not particularly radioactive. Do you know anything about ? Apparently not.
It's really annoying when some know nothing gets all wound up and panicky after listening to the scare mongers in Green Peace shake up the public for more donations.
1 ... I would still not stand beside it after 250 years .... "not particularly radioactive" doesn't answer answer the original question of "when is it safe" as in " can I let my kids play beside it all day every day."
2 .... "stable geological rock formations in western Ontario" northern Ontario is "stable" at the present , but in the past it wasn't , and will be unstable in the future ..... ever hear of Pangea? the earths crust is constantly moving / changing , even today .... ???? tomorrow , we never know ( just ask the experts when and where the next earthquake is going to be )... things change ....
you may not consider waste disposal as a threat to future generations .... I do, same goes for "incidents" ( AKA human error ) ...
3 ... wound up, panicky, fear mongering ? did I ever once mention getting rid of nuclear ????? shut it all down ? run for the hills ? No, I just said I hoped we'd find something better... and ranted about how we never get a straight answer about " how long till the spent fuel is safe " and all we get is "half life" ,,,, like saying "what's the gas mileage on this vehicle " and the sales person keeps saying "its a 55 gallon tank so you should go far" ..... Apples and Oranges .
4 .... If you're under the illusion that I'm anti nuclear, sorry it isn't so ....nor have I asked for "more money" for Green peace ... ( lunatics) .... the "specs" for safety at the N/A plants are far higher than anywhere else ... the majority of the problems stem from "human error" ( as in building a plant near known fault lines ).... it does provide "clean and stable" electricity but has the "spent fuel disposal problem" that should be addressed WORLDWIDE .... and not every country in the world disposes of it properly ( or builds plants to specs / trains employees. etc ) ...
5 .... Candu runs on fuel and ditronium ( hope I got the spelling right ) ... opposite to regular reactors ..... If you lose coolant , the reaction shuts down ... almost fail safe and fool proof .... yet we still have occasional tridium venting from plants ...
do I know all there is to know about nuclear ? ... hardly ...
Do I work in the field? ... nope and never said I was an expert.
can I read and make informed decisions ? .... yes
can I tell when a politician / press spokesperson is lying ? ... yes , their lips are moving ....:laughing: