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The N-Club are singing their wicked little tune again. Whispering sweet nothings into the ears of government officials around the world. Promising the world, including solving the intractable N-waste problem. Here is a well written article from the Ecologist; http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=627 .
posted by Matt Burge @ 12:21 pm
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6 Comments:
Shame the bloke can't spell, kind of reduces the impact a touch.
Ha! Yes, I noticed that too.
Some interesting carbon footprints on uranium mining though.
Well, nobody said nuclear was nice!
Unfortunately, nothing comes in neat little packages. Even coal waste contains radioactive material! And I think (though am not sure) that thorium can be used without breeder reactors.
Still, love it or loathe it - and, despite its undoubted problems - what's the (real) alternative?
(We even have asbestos in our bloomin' bathroom tiles! :))
PS. Matt did you make a comment on my blog. Apologies if you didn't (cos my blog isn't really what you might want to admit to reading!) and apologies if you did, because I accidentally deleted it! :)
Don't recall commenting on your blog...sorry!
As you & I and others discussed many times last year on other forums, there needs to be a good mix of energy resources/sources used. Not only for energy security and economic reasons but because they all emit their own poison. One policy option doesn't however cause more pollution; increased efficiency (e.g. CHP at one end & more efficient boilers at the other).
Ah, the scientist among us is back! Can you provide link(s) to info 'on half-life shortening'? Sounds promising.
Thanks Stephan. It does look like our German scientist friend may be onto something there. Hopefully you can track his progress for us over the next few years(?)!
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