Bush's return to Reprocessing spent nuclear reactor fuel.

I think the plan that replaced the previously discounted plan is all but shot now too. They tried to put that nuclear waste in those "deep underground geologic repositories" and the people in AZ fought it and seem to have won. I don't beleive there is a repository right now.

This is the first I've seen on anything about going back to reprocessing though.

The UCS article says there is no crisis in the storing of spent fuel.

I wasn't suggesting that there is any crisis. I was only suggesting that the plan for underground storage don't seem to be getting anywhere and appears to have been given up on.

wouldn't that constitute a crisis? Hmmm. Anyway, sure do wish I hadn't misspelled reprocessing in the title.....

Remember when they had the idea of shooting the stuff into space?

Wouldn't that have made an interesting explosion if something had gone awry at the launching pad.

Nah. It makes it a big pain in the pahtoot but I don't think it makes it a crisis. I mean, we need a long term storage solution but I don't think there is stuff spilling out onto the streets at this point. It's mostly just manpower intensive to track and guard it all.

(I fixed your spelling for ya! )

(I would have thought this topic would have generated more interest!)

Whose spelling did you fix, fishin'?

And why?

Ms. K's title. Cause she's ok and she felt bad that she typo'd on it...

Thank you for the prompt and reasonable explanation.

oh! Thanks Fishin!

Fishin - I'm surprised it's so quiet on this thread, too. I think it's been a bit of a slow night all around.

Your are most welcome k.

It is slow.. wanna go grab a beer? I'll meet ya in Waltham!

Well, if'n I had tomorrow off, I'd say hell yeah!

Oh yeah... work. (in 8 hours) Blah!

Yea,

littlek is in a celebratory mood tonight!

Anon

Well, sort of, yeah! I guess I knew already that I was in. The official letter did me good, though.

Will you be sleeping with the letter in your hand tonight, K?

Will you be lightly caressing the letter as you drift off?

Please.... give us the details.

Um, no. It's on the table, or in the recycling bag. I can't remeber. <heehee>

Actually lk,

I've been following the thread. It's very interesting to me but I just don't know much about it. I've been against nuclear energy ever since the accidents. Chernobyl will never be really clean, and the people there are paying a horrible price. One mistake lasts forever in terms of humans.

I would say however that it is time to give an intelligent look at it and see if we can use it safely. Supposedly it has been made "foolfproof" so to speak. I can't think of a better terrorist target, but then, what isn't when you think about it. We certainly need to do something, and I'm not ready to tear up ANWR and endanger the coastlines with oil drilling. So maybe it's time to reconsider!

Anon