re: #79 SixDegrees

Waste is a problem, but the French manage it, and a huge percentage of their electricity is generated with nuclear plants. So much, in fact, that they sell the excess electricity to other countries.

Briefly, they deal with the waste by concentrating it to a small fraction of it’s original volume. It’s more radioactive that way, but storage isn’t nearly as much of a problem in terms of space, and the half-life is also shortened. I believe they also extract useful isotopes of other elements that are used elsewhere.

Anyway, if the French can do it, I have to imagine that we certainly can.

Another cup of Kool-Aid, anyone? It’s French, and it glows in the dark!

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