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The radioactive elements in fossil fuels is less of a problem than you think, because a) coal plants, etc. have to filter these out (at least in germany they do
by welterde 13y ago
The radioactive elements in fossil fuels is less of a problem than you think, because
a) coal plants, etc. have to filter these out (at least in germany they do)
b) they have short half-times.
And storing the radioactive waste for a few thousand years is by no means an easy/cheap task.. just look at the two experimental radioactive waste sites in germany.. both turned out to be a huge disaster in less than 100 years.
Also I am not convinced that breeder reactors help you that much to get rid of thousands of tons of radioactive reactor assembly.