Steve Pope <[email protected]> wrote:
(snip on radioactive waste)

> 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.

Coal power plant operators have the same thoughts, and produce
much more waste. Coal power plants put more radioactivity
into the atmosphere than is legal for nuclear plants.
(Mostly K40.) Should coal plants be similarly restricted?

-- glen