spanone
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Sat Mar-26-11 06:14 PM
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65,000 metric tons of radioactive waste |
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Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 06:40 PM by spanone
1 metric ton = 2204 lbs.
65,000 X 2204 = 143,260,000 lbs.
radioactive waste stored onsight at nuclear reactors across the country.
just reported on NBC Nightly News.
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Sat Mar-26-11 06:53 PM
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1. So maybe in ten years or so... |
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there will be enough to give each US citizen a pound of their very own nuke waste!!
I would be willing, however, to donate my "share" to Ann Coulter or someone of her ilk who believes that it is harmless and actually beneficial.
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Sat Mar-26-11 06:58 PM
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2. the ultimate nuke killing machine - the gift that keeps on giving |
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Sat Mar-26-11 07:04 PM
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3. What they don't tell you is that 97% of that "waste" is usable fuel. |
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By mass, 97% of that stuff if the same fuel it was when it went into the reactors. In Europe, they reprocess used fuel rods to remove the fission byproducts which make it impossible to continue using those same fuel rods, thus recycling the same fuel over and over, and reducing their waste problem by well over 97%. Incidentally, some of the byproduct isotopes have industrial or medical uses.
Here, though, it's cheap to simply store the stuff and buy fresh uranium on the international market.
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Sat Mar-26-11 07:08 PM
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4. No, they don't recycle the same fuel over and over. nt |
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Sat Mar-26-11 07:10 PM
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5. Less than 4% of French nuclear fuel "recycled" |
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Sat Mar-26-11 07:13 PM
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6. this was stored in sealed stainless steel containers under 3 feet of concrete |
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Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 07:15 PM by spanone
or in water pools with 23 feet of water over them kept at 90 degrees according to the story
this was because there is no repository in the u.s.
not to be recycled
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