Be warned, this is by far the Gordian Knot News' technically most demanding post. As usual, a properly referenced version can be be found at Deep Geological Hubris Repository Studies Despite the remarkably small amount of used fuel generated by nuclear power, despite the fact that the penetrating radiation in that fuel is effectively gone in 600 years, after which the fuel would have
Harry Reed opposed waste disposal at Yucca because (among other things) 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 years in the future who knows ... Turns out he may have been correct in opposition (mixed metaphor warning ... why throw away useful waste/fuel with the bath water) but for the wrong reasons.
Another frustrating column if I still gave a crap. But the left and the right seemed united on being idiotic when it comes to energy.
Harry Reed opposed waste disposal at Yucca because (among other things) 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 years in the future who knows ... Turns out he may have been correct in opposition (mixed metaphor warning ... why throw away useful waste/fuel with the bath water) but for the wrong reasons.