This is a thread where you may discuss how we should oppose people interfering with OUR planet.
You shall NOT produce energy with means that outputs indestructible toxic radioactive waste that's going to be stored on OUR planet.
You shall NOT build power plants just because of your fascination for nuclear energy.
You shall NOT take scientific advice on energy production from someone with an unhealthy fascination for nuclear bombs.
Radioactive waste isn't such a big problem. One meter of packed dirt reduces gamma radiation by thousandfold. Or just use water, it'll happily ionize the radiation as well. As long as the waste doesn't leak out, there's no problem. And if it leaks out and you're using water you can just just vaporize water, clean up and seal the original package again.
I'm fascinated with nuclear power because it's one of the only truly green sources of energy. Every other form is more destructive to the nature, killing the planet. Nuclear plants are local problem, coal plants are global problem. Your choice, I'll choose to minimize the damage, and choose what's best for the planet: Nuclear power!
Also, if you're worried about weapon production, just have some international organization oversee the energy production and process wastes so that they can't be used for weapons without further expensive reprocessing. That way it's not such a problem.
Oh, and you can keep nuclear waste in the plants for few years before moving them to longer term storage. During that time it gets to decay a little, and is easier to manage. Spent fuel pools could store all the waste for few more years without any need to move anything out. When the space is running out, older wastes just need to be moved out to some underground storage facility somewhere.
