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If that REALLY is the case then why is there always a problem dealing with the waste. There is one ship, currently on its way back to Japan, that is carrying 7 year old (at least) nuclear waste that is being prevented from docking anywhere.
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How about political demagogery pandering to nimbyism?
Nuclear waste is no problem at all from an engineering point of view. You want it contained. Vitrify it and put it in a dry hole. And you want people not to be too close to it for too long. Fill in the hole.
On a planet in which we extract and transport billions of tons of minerals every year, this hysteria over a place to put a few hundred tons of stuff is nonsense.
Do you realize there are natural uranium deposits scattered about the planet in which no measures were EVER taken to contain the material or plan for it's absolute perpetual sequestration? Oh my GOD! How can life on this planet survive?
I just wish I was sovereign of a barren artic island....