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Innovative Solutions for Nuclear Waste Storage: Overcoming Political Hurdles

In the debate over the future of nuclear power, the primary challenge isn't technology or costs—it's the equivocation surrounding radioactive waste management. Fred Krupp from the Environmental Defense Fund advocates for an open-minded approach to nuclear energy, but political barriers persist. The closure of Yucca Mountain, a potential waste site, exemplifies the costly stalemate. This chapter explores proposals like reprocessing nuclear fuel and transmutation to reduce waste. A call for integrated energy parks emphasizes the need to employ federal lands for safe nuclear storage while keeping political influences out of scientific decision-making.

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Innovative Solutions for Nuclear Waste Storage: Overcoming Political Hurdles

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  1. Chapter 27 – A Smashing Idea for Nuclear Storage Kyle Rabine Power Hungry – Robert Bryce

  2. Opening Quote • “The biggest problem facing the future of nuclear power isn't science, cost, or how to handle the issue of radioactive waste. Instead, it's the equivocators.”

  3. Equivocators • Equivocate - To avoid making an explicit statement • Fred Krupp – president of Environmental Defense Fund • Wants people to be open-minded about nuclear power • However doesn’t want new construction • Technical and political issues with nuclear waste

  4. Political Problems • We have the answers • Lack political will • No long term waste sites • 2009 Yucca mountain was shutdown by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – Nevada • -$13.5 Billion wasted • Republicans for, Democrats against

  5. What to do with Nuclear Waste? • Reprocessing - get back plutonium to be reused • Could in theory be used for weapons • Transmutation – bombard with “fast” neutrons to produce less radioactive metals • Hybrid reactions combine fusion and fission • Integrated energy parks • Use federal land for nuclear storage and reprocessing

  6. Goals • Need to reduce total amount of radioactive fuel to prevent proliferation • Still need long term waste depository

  7. KEEP POLITICS OUT OF SCIENCE

  8. References • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Equivocator • Bryce, Robert. Power Hungry: The Myths of . Public Affairs, 2011. 269-276. Print.

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