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"It also assumes that society will be sufficiently organized to provide the security and maintenance for the entire half life of the waste." Could you please p
by ElKrist 6y ago
"It also assumes that society will be sufficiently organized to provide the security and maintenance for the entire half life of the waste."
Could you please provide a concrete example of a problem of security or maintenance on such facility and with such scenario, what makes you think that it is more likely to happen than any other threats with similar impact our societies face?
- jay_kyburz 6y agoCurrently the dry casks that we use to store nuclear waste get rusty, or leak the inert gas within them. This needs to be monitored and repaired. They need to be security because they can be stolen and the waste within can be used as a weapon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_cask_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_cask_storage
- ElKrist 6y agoYes I am aware of those. My question is: what makes you think that this poses a superior threat than other issues we face? When I think about the future and its risks I never think about nuclear waste. I think primarily about global warming and all its consequences: massive migrations, droughts, fires etc. To me these are way more important because 1) the likelihood is MUCH higher 2) the impact is MUCH higher
- jay_kyburz 6y agoWe are not talking about risk of disaster, we are talking about economic costs. And are are not comparing the cost to other disasters, we are comparing the cost of generating power using nuclear to other methods.
- ElKrist 6y agoYou may want to re-read parent I was replying to: "And so we are basically guaranteed to ruin the area where waste is stored at some point in the future"