Why is this information being aired by the media? (national security risk)

[IrishBuckeye]

Shouldn't this kind of information be classified?

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Where US puts 345,000 spent nuclear rods

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42283369#42283369

[NYC_SKP]

1. The location of spent rod storage casks and pools is public knowledge.

While many don't know that spent fuel in the US is almost universally stored on site at each nuclear facility, it's easy enough for the bad people to know where they are.

:nuke:

[spanone]

2. they are onsight at the reactor... nowhere else to store them

65,000 metric tons of that shit.

[GReedDiamond]

3. OK, but other than that, nuke power is...

...safe, green, and our only hope! And there are no easy alternatives without decades of slow and costly development, and even then, the amount of energy generated would be insufficient!!

At least, that's what I've been told for 35+ years, so it must be true.

Green Sparkle Frog

[bananas]

4. Just the opposite - there should be more public awareness and oversight of this risk

People should know that if they get a reactor in their back yard,
they are also going to get nuclear waste in their back yard, too.
And that waste will be a danger long after the reactor shuts down.

[jberryhill]

5. Anyone wanting to know it can look at the regulatory filings /nt