mar 30th, 2011 CE
nuclear waste is forever. the full life-cycle cost is astronomical.
data from 'the economist' of mar 19th ("nuclear waste: from bombs to $800 handbags")
the hanford facility in washington state is looking to vitrify its waste as (still radioactive) glass and store it (that is of course not a final solution but an 'interim' solution -- there is no way to absolutely get rid of radioactive waste).
anticipated cost? $74 billion, and the activity will go on until 2047
these reacts were shut down in 1987!
this is the scale of the problem of nuclear waste management.
can you see the terrorists licking their chops in anticipation of india's waste that they can use for dirty bombs? hanford has 200 million liters of highly toxic waste.
and when the jaitapur reactors reach the end of their useful life, let's say generously in 2050, then there will be a 50 year program shut them down, and the cost will be (with inflation) $200 billion!
the place looks so nice. to ruin it forever and turn it into a nuclear wasteland! criminal! (see, i too can talk like the innumerate jounros who simply appeal to emotion.)
1 comment:
Kaiga reactors are located just as mush, if not far more environmentally sensitive, picturusque, rain forest area of western ghats.
It is such a shame. Such a shame!
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