On 04-Feb-17 12:42 PM, mechanic wrote:
On Sat, 04 Feb 2017 09:33:34 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

The nuclear energy costs the industry likes toignore is that of
dealing with the nuclear waste.

You keep saying this but it's a lie.

That seems a bit harsh.

This is unquantified (though huge) because they don't know how to
do it.

Yes they do and its being done.

No long term repository identified in the UK yet. Parking tonnes of
waste in swimming pools doesn't seem like a good long term solution.
"its being done" seems a trifle optimistic!


A major problem with storing high level waste is the amount of heat it
generates. Sitting it in water for a few decades is the best way to cool
it down to safe heat levels before it can be encapsulated. Water is also
an excellent and very cheap radiation shield. However, that doesn't mean
that it isn't a little unnerving to look into a pool and see a radiation
source glowing down there.

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Colin Bignell