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I'm honestly not sure which direction you mean - should we be really careless with nuclear waste, like we are with heavy metals, or should we treat heavy metal
by DuskStar 9y ago
I'm honestly not sure which direction you mean - should we be really careless with nuclear waste, like we are with heavy metals, or should we treat heavy metal waste with more care?
- saulrh 9y agoBoth, meeting somewhere in the middle - nuclear waste is treated way too carefully, and non-nuclear heavy metal waste is treated rather too carelessly. Either way, the important point is for the level of care to be proportional to the actual danger, rather than determined entirely by whether it's called "radioactive" or not.
- eru 9y agoCoal ash is even worse in its treatment: thanks to some intense lobbying in the US it's not treated as hazardous waste.