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Tag Archives: waste
Fusion is already running out of fuel
Source: Khan A (2021) Nuclear fusion: building a star on Earth is hard, which is why we need better materials. The Conversation. Preface. Of all the hundreds of obstacles fusion has yet to overcome, its death knell could be as … Continue reading
Nuclear waste storage plans in the news
Preface. With world peak oil of conventional likely to have happened in 2008 (90% of our oil) and all oil, including conventional in 2018, there’s not much time left to clean up nuclear wastes to keep future generations for the … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power Collapse, Nuclear Waste
Tagged Hanford, nuclear, waste, Yucca mountain
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Clean up nuclear waste for the sake of the next 30,000 generations
Preface. One the greatest tragedies of energy decline will be the nuclear waste left to harm 30,000 future generations so 3 generations could keep the lights on. We owe it to the future to clean up waste while we still … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Waste
Tagged borehole, Britain, disposal, Finland, nuclear, underground, waste
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Boston Globe: the false promise of nuclear power
Last Updated August 2021. Preface. This article raises many objections to nuclear power. Theoretically it could be cheaper, but the exact opposite has happened, it keeps getting more expensive. For example the only new reactors being built in the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power Energy
Tagged accidents, climate change, Fukushima, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, waste
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Tackling mine wastes
Preface. This barely scratches the problems of mining wastes, but for what it’s worth, here are a few of the articles I’ve run across on this topic. Like burying nuclear waste deep underground while we still have cheap energy and … Continue reading
Stop wasting food
[Clearly at the point when food rationing begins due to limited amounts of transportation oil, not wasting food will be important, and composting can expected to be the main way of disposal since garbage trucks will run less frequently. Below … Continue reading