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Old 05-28-2008, 08:58 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Slava View Post
^I'm all for clean energy, but that sentence pretty much says it all to me. 20-30 tonnes per year and no safe way to dispose of it. Couple that with the inherent weapons use around the world and you have a good idea of why there is opposition to nuclear power.
France gets 80% of their energy from nuclear, so obviously they must have SOME way to dispose of the waste.

The problem is that nuclear is on the low part of the energy totem pole. Why should people invest money into finding solutions for waste management when you have so few plants throughout the world?
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