Can some one tell me the cost to store radioactive material for 4.5billion years? Probably can just ignore that cost. No government is likely to last that long, so we can ignore it. We keep putting government money into how to handle the storage, transporation, and processing of the material. Billions of research $$$ hasn't come up with the answer. Sorry, just the laws of physics getting in the way here.[/QUOTe
Then you had better store everything else radioactive such as bananas, smoke detectors , old dentures, your Grandma's favourite cookware and Coleman lantern mantles for 4.5 billion years. Used Candu fuel after 250 years has dropped to only 5 rem per hour which is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
The people with the least amount of education and training are also the same persons most panicked about radiation.
Used fuel is too valuable to dispose of. It's new fuel for molton salt and PHWR reactors.
The bulk of the "radioactive" waste from power plants is disposable overalls and floor mops. In a couple of decades garbage that was " radioactive" has decayed down to less than a banana.
For those worried about medium level waste such as ion exchange column resin. Imagine a rock formation so solid that it takes 1 million years for water to travel through it 1 meter in distance.
How pray tell is anything radioactive going to travel through 680 meters of this rock?
So you know how radioactive a granite countertop is? Or the dirt along the side of the road in various areas of the world? The locals are exposed to 5-7 rem a year and have a lower cancer rate than the rest of the world.
Too many people have been scared by " radiation" by environmental groups. How do you think enviromental groups make a living, jet set around the world, live in hotels, dine out and drive a corporate vehicle ? They whip up fear and scare money out of middle class, middle aged women . By saying it's all about your grandchildren. It's a living for these enviromentalists . Do you think they want to give that up?
