[DGthe3]

While the US navy has used nuclear power without incident for decades, the reactor designs are completely different from what is required for a power station. Plus the notion of risk changes a little bit when you are sitting in the biggest target (extremely well defended, still a target though) on the ocean vs your own back yard. Ontario has about 50% of its power generated through our CANDU reactors. It works very well and I have no complaints. But for a nation like the US to start relying on nuclear power, there is going to be lots and lots of waste produced with no where to put it. It could be sent into space sure, although the bill from Nasa might get a tad expensive. The problem is the fact that nuclear waste stays hot for thousands of years. We have no way of building anything that can hold it for that long. The best proposal I have heard is to bury it in an old salt mine. The salt will encase the containers, there is no water, and its geologically stable (I think its in the south west someplace).


Hmm, seems like I've help send this a little off topic.
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