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LearnedHand

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5. You can't just throw it away, and above-ground storage endangers people and the environment

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:39 PM

Oct 4

It’s the ugliest part of nuclear energy to be sure, and a horrible leftover of weapons development, but we must have long-term, safe storage. No other option. We can’t put that toothpaste back in the tube.

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Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 4 OP

Send it to Microsoft. cbabe Oct 4 #1

The Supreme Cult will say that the constitution requires nuclear waste to be dumped... hvn_nbr_2 Oct 4 #2

Have they considered fondue? bucolic_frolic Oct 4 #3

The proposed storage facilities are exactly that LearnedHand Oct 4 #6

The Sierra Blanca thing was quite the embarrassment, wasn't it? Oopsie Daisy Oct 4 #4

You can't just throw it away, and above-ground storage endangers people and the environment LearnedHand Oct 4 #5

I make a prediction.. oh, oh!... slightlv Oct 4 #7

The entire solar system is far more radioactive than any nuclear waste. former9thward Oct 4 #8

Yes Bayard Oct 5 #9

Ahh Yes!...the Nuclear Regulatory Court......(it's hard for me to give them an inch) NowsTheTime Oct 5 #10

With all the fracking in SE NM? Clouds Passing Oct 5 #11

NIMBY, baby! LudwigPastorius Oct 5 #12