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Who says no one is afraid of these? Furthermore, who says that switching over to nuclear for a large chunk of domestic energy production (which I am not oppose
by cossatot 11y ago
Who says no one is afraid of these? Furthermore, who says that switching over to nuclear for a large chunk of domestic energy production (which I am not opposed to, mind you) will do anything to lessen the production of any of this chemical waste? I don't know where your numbers come from, but my guess is that they're not mostly produced from burning of fossil fuels. Some certainly is, particularly arsenic and mercury from coal burning, but not a majority. Yellowcake processing is also not a super green process; it's mostly done by leaching big piles of ground up rock with strong acids.
- Bluestrike2 11y agoHis point was that the fear over waste isn't necessarily a consistent one: people fear nuclear waste more than other types of waste, even though those other forms of waste are a much more significant concern. It's not really a question of which is objectively more dangerous, but which is more likely to affect the general public. The odds of someone stumbling across nuclear waste are incredibly slim; interacting with chemical waste, much more likely.