OT Nuclear waste.

[harryagain]

[Nightjar]

I presume this is the bit you wanted us to note:

'While the Government believes that safe and secure interim storage is an effective method of managing waste in the short to medium term, the Government is committed to delivering a permanent disposal solution'

[Brian Gaff]

I'm sure the French would take it if they asked them, they have a lot of their own. Brian

[Johny B Good]

Does this mean the government might be seriously considering LFTR?

[harryagain]

Do you not know the meaning of the word "interim". It means they mean to do bugger all.

[Nightjar]

Your article assures us that:

'the Government is committed to delivering a permanent disposal solution'

[Johny B Good]

Well, I picked up on that crucial statement, hence my throwaway remark about LFTR. :-)

[meow2222]

This is a diy newsgroup. I've only rarely had to dispose of nuclear waste a s part of diy, and I just put it in the trash with everything else. I'd sug gest that their ideas of disposal are simply not very practical for the ave rage diyer - or even the average enthusiast.

But as ever diy disposal is cheaper than the professionals. 250 million or whatever it was for 21 trucks of garbage seems a bit steep for my wallet. I can don a lead apron, stack some concrete blocks in the back & drive a tru ck for a lot less. But really it all seems a bit OTT for a smoke alarm or a trimphone.

NT :)

[newshound]

I think it was Walter Marshall (or perhaps James Lovelock?) who said he would be more than happy to have a suitably shielded large lump of vitrified high level waste to provide domestic heating. As would I. (There is nothing like enough for everyone to have one).

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yes. I think that the 'nuclear waste' footprint of an all nuclear UK citizen would come to something about the size of a tennis ball over his or her lifetime.

Bury it in the same coffin...

[Nightjar]

That would give future archaeologists something to puzzle over.

[Adrian]

Perhaps not for very long though.

Adrian