Wired News: Bush Push to Expand Nuke Energy
I am going to have to agree w/ President Bush on this one. Nuclear waste reprocessing is something that we need to start doing. I am really unsure why they are so concerned about nuclear proliferation if we start reprocessing. There are plenty of other countries that reprocess nuclear waste today and they don't seem to be creating a huge proliferation problem. I just hope that we can find a way to increase nuclear energy use and reprocess the waste.
Wired News: Bush Push to Expand Nuke Energy
posted by devFalse @ 7:40 AM
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Regarding nuclear reprocessing in the US - I can't say I'm an expert, but if I'm correct, the bomb-making material that comes out of it is still quite radioactive and I doubt if it's something you can slip in your briefcase and walk out the door with (if you want to stay healthy more than a few hours). Same problem would apply if you attacked the site. The stuff is nasty, heavy, and needs a lot of shielding. I suspect the major concern is corruption in the reprocessing group (government, wwhatever) that would allow for nice, pre-packaged stuff to work it's way out of the custody chain and into the wrong hands.
What I do know about is how nuclear plants work today (I've worked in one for over twenty years) and I've written a novel describing this and what an accident might be like. It's avaialbe at no cost to readers at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com .
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