Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

OTH - now we are getting somewhere.

Your point on radioactive waste is a perfect example of how to present issues. Its not just a US problem - though as the biggest producer we do need to be concerned over the waste that gets put underground. I agree we need to have a better solution. In fact - better solutions are out there. European technological breakthroughs (I forget which European country did it) devised reactors that are much more efficient in their fuel use, and the end "waste" products decays in something like a decade. I read about it in Wired magazine - but don't have a link. It was a couple of years ago I think. Anyway, this style of reactor, though it does put out slightly less energy due to its design, in the end uses like 99.5% of the potential of the fuel - meaning the waste is almost non-existant compared to the reactors in use today.