Okay, here's one where I'm really pissed at Obama. I know he talked about both "clean coal" and nuclear as alternative energy sources, but I'm strongly ..."/>

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Obama's nuclear power push faces obstacle: Waste

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:14 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Okay, here's one where I'm really pissed at Obama. I know he talked about both "clean coal" and nuclear as alternative energy sources, but I'm strongly opposed to both, and marched against nuclear in the '60s. I still think we had it right; we have no idea how to safely dispose of the waste, yet we will supposedly cheerfully go about creating more and more of them, a la Obama. When I heard it, I wanted to .
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President Obama's announcement Tuesday of loan guarantees for nuclear power plants may encourage new construction, but a problem still remains that has plagued atomic energy for decades: what to do with nuclear waste?

On the left, opponents of nuclear power say the president should not be using taxpayer money to help build more power plants that will produce even more radioactive material, so long as the government has not figured out where to put it all.

"We haven't found a solution for the 100 nuclear power plants operating," said Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. "And waste is building up on-site, with no solution."

On the right, critics fault the president for leaving the country without a plan for disposing of the waste, when he decided to pull the plug on the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada. The government spent billions of dollars studying the location.

Currently, 70,000 tons of radioactive waste are stored at more than 100 nuclear sites around the country, and 2,000 tons are added every year.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:08 AM

LITTLEBIRD



Yes, this one really made me angry also. 70,000 tons of radioactive waste so far! What was Obama thinking?

*simmers*

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:32 AM

STORYMARK


Maybe this will be the impetus for commercial space-flight. A galactic garbage service that ships out toxic waste to Mars. Co-owned by Google and Starbucks.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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