Exactly, the spent rods unfortunately only have a half life, where they never really loose their radioactivity but when it comes down to it, how many holes have we dug in the ground? As Chrus has pointed out they are stored properly. There is no reason why shouldn't be using nuclear power except for backwards thinking. Nuclear power is one of the most cleanest ways to produce power for our needs now and the future. Sure I'd love to use, wind/solar/tidal power but unfortunately they don't produce near enough power for the worlds needs atm, until someone figures out cold fusion, we are stuck with fission.
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Originally Posted by BugeyeSti
Its buried more than half a kilometre underground in one most geologically stable and inert rock units in the world where it is encased in multiple layers of lead, copper and concrete. Safe as houses |