glen herrmannsfeldt <[email protected]> wrote:

>Steve Pope <[email protected]> wrote:

>> There's a slight problem with fusion: it's dirty. For a given
>> power output, it has five times the neutron fluence of fission.

>Well, what matters most is where the neutrons go.
>
>The worst part of fission waste is the intermediate life fission
>products, especially ones similar to important body elements.
>Short life products go away fairly soon. Long life ones aren't
>so radioactive.

As I've said in past such discussions, I'm in favor of expanding
nuclear power generation under the strict condition that all radioactive
substances generated be permanently entombed in secure facilities
that can be watched and monitored indefinitely.

However nuclear power operators will never agree with this; they
like to sell and otherwise proliferate their nuclear waste and
by-products, or for what they can't sell they like to pursue a "dump
and forget" disposal strategy. So, until this mindset changes,
I oppose expanding nuclear power.

Steve