So the real threat would only be when the nuclear plant was vulnerable to meltdowns?
I don't think you could. I think eventually people would consider it "cursed" and stay away.
I know one thing that our government is trying to figure out is how to tell people in the distant future that...
I've heard that with nuclear power, the toxicity of its waste decays with time, but the toxic chemicals left behind from coal plants will be there for eternity (things like mercury). I wonder if today's spike in cancer has anything to do with the pollution of coal plants?
So the plant would...
Interesting. I know dry casks are very strong (stronger than many of us can imagine). Aren't cooling pools held in concrete structures?
Let's just play the game of what if.
What if future generations never use it? Will it just sit there for thousands of years? Will it be known as the...
I've heard that high-level radioactive waste turns to low-level radioactive faster than people think (since the highly radioactive stuff decays pretty fast).
I guess I should clarify what I mean. At what point can nuclear waste be abandoned without infecting anything more than the area it is...
So, are you saying that a lot of fears of nuclear waste are exaggerated?
So, with those events, do you think there was a lot of ignorance that lead to the fear of global catastrophe?
Specifically spent fuel from a normal Nuclear power plant.
Isn't it true though, that the higher the radioactivity the lower the half-life? I know things like plutonium last (by human perspective) forever. But what does that mean? Mercury, arsenic, and lead pretty much last forever as well...
Hello, new here.
I'm not sure if I've placed this in the appropriate section, but here it goes.
I have a few questions.
1) I know that when spent fuel rods come out of a reactor they are extremely hot and if not cooled, can meltdown. How long do they need to be cooled before they are...