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Deep Green: Atomic renaissance interrupted | Greenpeace UK

Nuclear renaissance interrupted
Rex WeylerWaiting for waste solutions
Nuclear waste remains the untamed demon of nuclear power. After 40 years of research, not a single kilogram of high-level spent-fuel waste has been stored in a permanent repository. Deadly, radioactive plutonium has a half-life of 24,000 years. Some fuel has been reprocessed, itself a polluting industry, but three-quarters of the waste ever produced remains in temporary storage in 50 countries.According to Dr Mohamed El Baradei, Director of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), most countries have no geologically appropriate disposal sites, and many lack the expertise or will to deal with the waste that remains vulnerable to leaks and attack.

Deep Green: Atomic renaissance interrupted | Greenpeace UK

December 4, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | wastes