[staytrue]

do we get the HUGE tonage of high level, lethal nuke waste to store in our homeland?

fyi, the high level waste could fit in a couple of barns. now the low level waste is a large volume.

[ASOC]

I used "tonage" by choice.

My gripe on the waste -- if Jesus had a reactor back in his day, the waste would still be lethal to unprotected humans today. I am assuming a half life of key TRU of 24,000 years - or more.


From our friends at the National Safety Council:

There are five general categories of radioactive waste:

spent nuclear fuel from nuclear reactors and high-level waste from reprocessing spent nuclear fuel;

transuranic waste, resulting mainly as by-products from defense programs;

uranium mill tailings, from the mining and milling of uranium ore;

low-level waste, from contaminated industrial or research waste; and

naturally occurring radioactive materials. Mixed waste is waste that contains both radioactive components and other hazardous components.

Transuranic, or TRU, waste generally consists of protective clothing, tools, glassware, equipment, soils, and sludge contaminated with manmade radioisotopes heavier than uranium. (The term transuranic is derived from “trans,” meaning beyond, and “uranic,” which refers to uranium; thus, transuranic elements are beyond or “heavier” than uranium on the periodic table of the elements.) These elements include plutonium, neptunium, americium, curium, and californium.

Transuranic waste is produced during nuclear fuel assembly; during nuclear weapons research, production, and cleanup; and as a result of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.

They get the electricity, they get the waste.