| I spent a few years in exploration geophysics. You stated "[No one] has any truly authoritative knowledge on when (or if) fissile waste will become a problem". I informed you that fissile waste is already a big problem at multiple sites across the planet, several US sites and Russian sites more so than anywhere else, and has been a problem for > 50 years. You're welcome. > you comparison of envionmental radon issues with the problems posed by storing and managing the waste produced by fission reactors is ... well, I scarely have words for it. That's clearly a minor aside .. you ignored the 70+ tonnes of plutonium waste at Hanford. Billions have been spent dealing with it to date and there's much left to do and spend to clean up that one site. Don't strawman the issue, it's a large problem and there are tomes on the subject filling shelves. Humans do need to deal with radioactive waste, this includes the large dams of radioactive waste created as a by product of rare earth and lithium processing. |