Step 1: scream loudly about how deadly nuclear waste is and therefore how it is important to destroy your own cheapest and best energy source to stop there from being waste
Step 2: oh no we can't find anyone who wants the waste
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Step 2: oh no we can't find anyone who wants the waste
MINI PHOTO THREAD
cleanenergywire.org
First, no, radioactive spent nuclear fuel is actually fine and very practical to just store on site.
The solution is to keep it at the operating nuclear plants where it is produced. Move it around if more space needed.
Let @ParisOrtizWines show you:
The solution is to keep it at the operating nuclear plants where it is produced. Move it around if more space needed.
Let @ParisOrtizWines show you:
Here's a very expensive display set up in Berlin Central Station to BOTH (a) freak out Germans about high level nuclear waste, whose storage has a sterling global safety record (because it's so easy), and (b) convince them it would be okay to store it under their town forever.
Nobody can ever say the Germans don't care about craftsmanship, and as a witty commenter on a previous German tweet said, "When the Germans decide to be wrong, they go all the way".
Indeed.
"You could have nuclear waste near your church!!"
Indeed.
"You could have nuclear waste near your church!!"
Finally, @Madi_Czerwinski gives her scholarly appraisal of the public outreach effort.
(Also very long day with meetings and travel but yeah I think this is mainly her response to this self-sabotaging high budget fear-mongering.)
End.
(Also very long day with meetings and travel but yeah I think this is mainly her response to this self-sabotaging high budget fear-mongering.)
End.
I am pleased to offer my consulting advice to Germany on this matter.
1: don't close the plants. Waste is fine there
2: save an immense amount of money while avoiding the potential destruction of public will to lower emissions for a generation
3: beer and pretzals all around
1: don't close the plants. Waste is fine there
2: save an immense amount of money while avoiding the potential destruction of public will to lower emissions for a generation
3: beer and pretzals all around
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