Comment by wiz21c
and we still don't know where to store the trash. Thorium seems better (but my knowledge is close to zero here, I must admit:-) )
and we still don't know where to store the trash. Thorium seems better (but my knowledge is close to zero here, I must admit:-) )
No, you really do not.
Long term storage is still up in the air in the US. Yucca mountain was the plan but didn't happen
Correct me if I'm with m wrong
That's a political problem, not a technical one.
We also know that we could re-cycle nuclear waste with other nuclear plant designs, but the US chooses not to.
> we still don't know where to store the trash
We really do. Nuclear waste is less toxic than plenty of trash we just bury. And calling it "waste" is a bit reductive, given it almost certainly becomes valuable to reprocess within another century or two.