Quote Originally Posted by Switch View Post
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There is a huge ongoing problem with toxic waste from nuclear power sources. The issue has lacked a suitable permanent solution since the 1940s. Some of the source material can be recycled but only a very small proportion.
No matter how it is stored, or treated, the toxicity eventually leaks, and remains dangerous for hundreds of years.
I have heard the argument that we will be with the nuclear waste problem for thousands of years , and it mentions half life and such.
This argument is a bit of a red herring argument because it assumes that both the Nuclear reactor technology and the waste production and disposal technology remains static for the next few hundreds of years.
Greenpeace is IMO the fossil fuel industry's best friend.