nuclear-news

Analysis: Nuke waste problem unsolved – UPI.com

Analysis: Nuke waste problem unsolvedBy STEFAN NICOLA, UPI Europe Correspondent  March 13, 2009 March 13 (UPI) — In Europe, nuclear power is undergoing a revival, but the problem of how to best store highly radioactive nuclear waste is still not solved……………………one key issue hasn’t been solved yet: the storage of highly radioactive waste produced by nuclear reactors…………………..storing nuclear waste may be a bit harder than it sounds. The different types of waste radiate from 10,000 years to several million years; they would need to be sealed in repositories that are completely secure for such a period of time to avoid potentially catastrophic consequences in the case of leakage. Naturally, there exists no practical experience with such a long-term project — and short-term experience, alas, has been quite worrisome. Last September it surfaced that a German nuclear-waste storage site intended to simulate permanent storage was leaking, causing its security to rapidly deteriorate

Analysis: Nuke waste problem unsolved – UPI.com

March 14, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized