Is it moral for our generation to benefit from the use of nuclear generated electricity over the last 30 years, but saddle future generations for a period of time longer than any regulations and laws have existed, longer than any nation has ever existed, even longer than all of recorded history, and still longer than 100,000 years, with the un-ending expenses and the forbidding task of controlling and maintaining nuclear wastes? |
In the 1950's scientists told congress they would solve the waste problem within the next 20 years.
In the 1970's scientists told congress they would solve the waste problem within the next 20 years.
In the 1990's scientists told congress they would solve the waste problem within the next 20 years.
Nuclear Waste in Harrisburg (click for full size photo)
Now much of Congress wants to begin storing tons of highly radioactive wastes in temporary storage facilities in Nevada because the scientists still haven't solved the
waste problem and nuclear plant spent fuel pools are either almost full, completely full, or overflowing to the parking lot
in what is called dry cask storage.
Ralph Nader calls the nuclear waste problem the "conundrum of conundrums" because there is no clear and sound solution - PBS "Frontline."
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The Nuclear Industry is the only commercial venture that received a permit to build the "House" without a design to build the "Outhouse." |