> 1. We have no long term solution for the storage and disposal of enrichment byproducts. There is reprocessing but the results are simply less toxic (eg UF6 -> UF4) and are, to date, expensive;
2. We have no long term solution on the storage and disposal of fission waste products;
Why do we even consider this a problem? For more than 50 years nuclear waste has been sitting above ground in warehouses. Nothing happened. Seems to me there is no problem and we should just keep doing what we're doing. Why even bother with expensive underground storage at this point.
I think its an insidious remnant of 70s era anti-nuke propaganda that refuses to die. Nuclear waste is spooky, especially when you don't have a concept of scale, and don't realize that the risk from spent fuel is orders of magnitude lower than what's allegedly at stake.
I'm surprised by how long this myth has persisted.
Why do we even consider this a problem? For more than 50 years nuclear waste has been sitting above ground in warehouses. Nothing happened. Seems to me there is no problem and we should just keep doing what we're doing. Why even bother with expensive underground storage at this point.