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How do you safely and securely get the spent fuel to Yucca? Leaving aside accidents it seems securing the entire road or rail route would be a logistical nightm
by phs318u 7y ago
How do you safely and securely get the spent fuel to Yucca? Leaving aside accidents it seems securing the entire road or rail route would be a logistical nightmare. It would be quite a tempting target for bad actors. And a the kind of target against whom assymetric effort would yield “effective” results (for the bad actor)
- yongjik 7y agoAttacking any bridge or tunnel will easily create more casualties, with the added benefit(?) that they are essentially sitting ducks, unlike nuclear waste (which will move only once every few years or so, following some confidential route). If you're aiming for maximum environmental damage, just attack an oil pipe or oil tanker at port. I just don't see the terrorism angle for nuclear waste. There are far more juicier targets.
- arcticbull 7y agoAnd far less protected ones. There's an entire department of the government dedicated to trucking this waste around, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.