Spent fuel pools across the USA have filled up. Once that happens, dry cask storage is the next solution. We have so much more nuclear waste in our pools compared to Fukushima, where nuclear waste caught on fire and contaminated the entire world.Silos are made up of inner steel containers which hold the fuel rods, … Continue reading Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Issues And Consequences
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Nuclear Power; EXPENSIVE, Dirty, Dangerous And Toxic
Pro nuclear power apologists put forward the claim that nuclear power is inexpensive. "In the dawn of the nuclear era, cost was expected to be one of the technology's advantages, not one of its drawbacks. The first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, predicted in a 1954 speech that nuclear power would someday … Continue reading Nuclear Power; EXPENSIVE, Dirty, Dangerous And Toxic