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>The last thing we need is a dumpster full of toxic waste... all in name of green and "renewable" energy generation! that reminds me more of pushes to bring ba
by ausbah 8y ago
>The last thing we need is a dumpster full of toxic waste... all in name of green and "renewable" energy generation!
that reminds me more of pushes to bring back nuclear power
- justtopost 8y agoA tiny bit of spent fuel, and billions of toxic and unrecyclable cells are far different problems.
- lukeschlather 8y agoBoth the spent fuel and the cells are totally recyclable (where recyclable means transforming them into some amount of inert nontoxic stuff and some amount of useful stuff.) I would bet that recycling spent fuel rods is more expensive than recycling spent chemical batteries. Also, the spent batteries, while toxic, don't require 24x7 armed security. Also the spent fuel recycling process potentially increases the need to secure the resultant materials, depending on what you're doing.
- RandomInteger4 8y agoIn what way does it remind you of pushes to bring back nuclear power? Can you elaborate? Genuinely curious.
- BurningFrog 8y agoIf you had any idea how much nuclear power you can generate before you've filled a single dumpster with spent fuel...
- trickstra 8y agoare you including the exclusion zone around the radioactive waste?
- xyzzyz 8y agoThe “exclusion zone” around the radioactive waste is either a few dozen feet to the surface of the water pool, or less than a feet of a container wall.
- tchaffee 8y agoFrom memory, the exclusion zones around Fukushima and Chernobyl are somewhat larger. Humans err. And always will.
- BurningFrog 8y agoThe willful ignorance here is not worth trying to disentangle.
- tchaffee 8y agoNeither is your willful ignorance. See how little that adds to a discussion? Either make the effort, or don't bother to comment.