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In article <3426CEDB.6F5B@Sun.Com>, Michael Sierchio <Michael.Sierchio@Sun.Com> writes:
>meron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>
>> Certainly it has been figured out.  Vitrify the waste and bury it in a
>> stable geological foundation below the water table.  That it hasn't
>> been implemented, is a matter of politics, not technology.
>
>Without reference to any particular technology, let me observe that 
>engineers always have solutions -- whether they are politically
>feasible or scientifically sound is sometimes questionable.
>
Definitely.  But there are procedures for objective testing of 
engineering solutions before implementation.  Same can't be said for 
political solutions.

>My point about waste is that coal and petroleum plants also produce
>extremely toxic waste that must be disposed of.  Nuclear is far
>from clean, except when compared with burning fossil fuels and, to
>some extent, burning *anything* in the presence of air (incl. H).

Well, that's the point.

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