Subject	They are trying to do that by burying the stuff under a
Posted by	Technomancer on January 31, 2006 at 9:55 AM
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In Reply To	MY question on that has always been, ..... posted by Ash's Z on January 30, 2006 at 06:07 PM
Message	mountain. The problem is you need to protect groundwater from the waste. Groundwater can become tritiated (radioactive) if it is exposed to enough radiation. One nice thing about modern reactor designs is the "pebble bed" technique puts the radioactive isotopes inside a ceramic pellet. As long as the pellet is intact, the isotopes can't easily contaminate the environment directly. Much easier to handle. You still have to be careful of water and dust that gets exposed to the radiation though. Still, as of right now, nuclear power is the only viable alternative to oil. And nuclear power is much safer with the new designs. - John
Follow Ups	Ethanol fuel in the news on CNBC TV @ 4pm EST - WildBillZx 14:30:00 01/30/06 Died in the 80's? You might want to inform Brazil of that. - Spee 14:35:56 01/30/06 I know, its already here. - WildBillZx 14:45:26 01/30/06 I heard it takes more energy to create ethanol than - AzHeat 14:44:53 01/30/06 I've heard the same. Its benefit will be that it might be - Zirvana 14:57:21 01/30/06 which will be LOOOONG after we're gone. (n/m) - Spee 15:00:11 01/30/06 It takes takes more fossil fuel to produce ethanol - mattztt 15:00:47 01/30/06 Wall St Journal last week did an article... - Technomancer 15:16:27 01/30/06 You forgot the government subsidy part. (n/m) - Kenny 15:19:48 01/30/06 Actually, I don't remember anything about a subsidy (n/m) - Technomancer 15:26:49 01/30/06 $10+ billion in ethanol subsidies since 1980. - Kenny 15:29:11 01/30/06 More accurately,40Billion+ in corn subsidies in last 10 year - whatsthegoodword 17:00:22 01/30/06 Plus, this is why you have to go to Mexico to get your coke. - whatsthegoodword 17:01:39 01/30/06 I'm talking the future, not dwelling on the past. (n/m) - Technomancer 09:50:02 01/31/06 I read that article too. Local cattle farmers in Texas have - Zirvana 15:59:44 01/30/06 not really - wilkendw 15:42:08 01/30/06 One by-product of ethanol production around here is a - Zirvana 16:06:28 01/30/06 Growing and harvesting is what uses energy - mattztt 16:20:03 01/30/06 We need to work on solar power. - Kenny 15:15:23 01/30/06 Nuclear is the only way forward right now, methinks. - Technomancer 15:25:43 01/30/06 The waste is a bit of a problem... - Kenny 15:34:28 01/30/06 We can fire the waste into the sun! (n/m) - johnnysombrero 15:38:31 01/30/06 Fantastic idea. - Kenny 15:42:46 01/30/06 Actually ... - NytWolf 15:48:52 01/30/06 That doesn't absolve their responsibility. - Kenny 15:57:41 01/30/06 Is this a shuttle forum? (n/m) - ssm300z 16:30:36 01/30/06 You can read all about that on snopes.com - Dustin 17:13:43 01/30/06 Interesting, I heard them talking about it on talk radio (n/m) - NytWolf 18:07:05 01/30/06 my thoughts exactly!! (n/m) - apudapus 02:11:39 01/31/06 MY question on that has always been, ..... - Ash's Z 18:07:13 01/30/06 They are trying to do that by burying the stuff under a - Technomancer 09:55:45 01/31/06 Nuclear technology is far safer than it was in the 80's - WildBillZx 16:51:29 01/30/06 Average US Solar flux is 2.6 W/M^2 - Sonar 16:25:15 01/30/06 These folks are doing OK. - mattztt 16:39:17 01/30/06 With a back up generator and crystalline PVs - Sonar 16:50:01 01/30/06 I don't think that figure is quite right. - Kenny 16:47:00 01/30/06 Yup. They use thermal flux and/or peak output. - Sonar 16:53:53 01/30/06 Good information. - Kenny 16:57:05 01/30/06 Use of quantum dot solar cells will get the price to less - Zirvana 16:48:08 01/30/06 You're completely leaving out the element of time - Dustin 17:21:41 01/30/06 Hydroelectric is simply the best for energy. - Chase86 16:51:22 01/30/06
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