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madokie

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2. As long as there is no safe way to dispose of the waste

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:33 PM

Feb 2015

we should not be making anymore. At least at the extent that a nuclear power plant does.
Some applications where nuclear energy the good out weighs the bad, such as in medicine and NDT of things like oil pipelines but for the most part its too dangerous to continue using it in its present form of use. IMO

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The Soviet Union Dumped Nuclear Submarines, Reactors, and Containers into the ocean. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 OP

Kick - because this is frankly terrifying. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #1

As long as there is no safe way to dispose of the waste madokie Feb 2015 #2

Old story. Still scary. knitter4democracy Feb 2015 #3

I'm gonna need to see RT's take on the story IDemo Feb 2015 #4

With pictures of Ukrainians with swastikas, do doubt. eom Bad Thoughts Feb 2015 #5

Scientists need to do some testing in that sight and of Japan to see what the effect of all this is jwirr Feb 2015 #6