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2024-06-20 Home Front: Politix

Senate Passes Bill to Accelerate Development of Nuclear Power Plants [88:2]

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-20 09:25|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [75 views ] Top

#1 Given Yucca Mountain remains stopped and abandoned, where will they store the vastly increased quantity of nuke waste? Above ground long-term cask storage is a catastrophe waiting to happen.

Wiki cite-"Right now, all of the nuclear waste that a power plant generates in its entire lifetime is stored on-site in dry casks. A permanent disposal site for used nuclear fuel has been planned for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, since 1987, but political issues keep it from becoming a reality."

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-06-20 13:33|| 2024-06-20 13:33|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Closed facility clean-up of hundreds of tons of bubbling goo in Richland, WA. (The Atomic City) also remains a challenge.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-06-20 13:40|| 2024-06-20 13:40|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 they store it in the state where all NIMBYs go - at Los Alamos, NM. Doesn't bother the Forest Service from trying the burn the whole place down. Unfortunately, the FS doesn't learn and seems to do it on a regular basis in NM.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-20 16:07|| 2024-06-20 16:07|| Front Page Top

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