The article, in review, ignores nuke impact upon water supplies and river temperatures needed for the cooling function. It implicitly assumes we will or should go forward with nuclear power, in spite of its hazards and costs. It suggests there are solutions to nuclear waste, if only we can find them.

In this review the author wishes to open discussion about a paper published recently in "Science" by two former members of the US Geological Survey, about the topic of the disposal of nuclear waste. Nuclear is not a clean or sustainable / renewable technology. Marketers have obscured this fact and scientists wish to open up the discussion to a wider group, because consequences affect all of us. The article presents some of the facts and talking points, and is well written.

The U.S. currently obtains one-fourth of its power from 103 nuclear reactors. The problem is that nuclear waste storage is building up at the reactor sites, a potential safety and proliferation risk. Yucca Mountain has been studied and reviewed for 20 years with an investment of billions of dollars. The biggest objection is the NIMBY phenomenom...Not in My Back Yard. There is another repository near White Sands that might actually be better geologically, but is only certified for ... More »