What will be your signature for YUCCA ?

"NIGHTMARE OR  DREAM"

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                                                          Remember YUCCA?

 

Lawmakers and policy planners must revive the search for safe ways to store used fuel rods from nuclear power reactors. The long-term solution favored by most experts, which we endorse, is to bury the material in geologically stable formations capable of preventing leakage far into the future.

But no politically acceptable site has yet been found, and leaving the used fuel rods at each reactor — more than 65,000 metric tons had accumulated across the country by the end of 2012 — seems increasingly problematic. At least nine states have banned the construction of new reactors until a permanent storage site is found or progress toward finding one is made. The only potential permanent storage site examined so far — at Yucca Mountain in Nevada— has been blocked for more than two decades by technical problems, legal challenges and political opposition from the state.

It is worth remembering what the president of  USA stands,  he  has shut down the project, and his Energy Department withdrew its application for a license before the safety of the project could be evaluated.in short we had some pros and cones against this like

·        No potential global warming via co2 emission

·        It doesn’t cause acid rain

But still

·        Uncertainty in security

·        Known reserve willl explore rapidly

·        Nuclear weapons

Those recommendations are sensible, and President Obama and Congress should work with the states to move that ahead. If nuclear power is to have a future in this world, politicians, scientists and industry leaders need to commit to finding a solution instead of just hoping that everything will somehow work out.