<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for As Energy Northwest looks to nuclear power, expert details risks]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-08-robert-alvarez-nuclear-power/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:54:21 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-08-robert-alvarez-nuclear-power/1 Washington State could use its hydropower at Bonneville and Grand Coulee to produce scads of hydrogen.

We could be Green and self-sufficient for lighting, transportation and all energy needs.

 

]]> Washington State could use its hydropower at Bonneville and Grand Coulee to produce scads of hydrogen.

We could be Green and self-sufficient for lighting, transportation and all energy needs.

 

]]> Comment #2 by solargroupies http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-08-robert-alvarez-nuclear-power/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:56:02 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-08-robert-alvarez-nuclear-power/2 We can extoll all of the virtues of carbon-free power from nukes, but the bottom line is this: Where are we going to store tons and tons of radioactive waste for hudreds of thousands of years, so it won't contaiminate groundwater, the food chain, be stolen and used for dirty bombs or other WMD-type uses??? Yucca Mountain was not a perfect solution. Would it be bertter to have tons of radioactive waste stored in a centralized location or at 103 nuclear power plants all over the US? From a security risk and human health perspective, neither is a very promising solution for thousands of years!

]]> We can extoll all of the virtues of carbon-free power from nukes, but the bottom line is this: Where are we going to store tons and tons of radioactive waste for hudreds of thousands of years, so it won't contaiminate groundwater, the food chain, be stolen and used for dirty bombs or other WMD-type uses??? Yucca Mountain was not a perfect solution. Would it be bertter to have tons of radioactive waste stored in a centralized location or at 103 nuclear power plants all over the US? From a security risk and human health perspective, neither is a very promising solution for thousands of years!

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