[Rhodes22-list] Going green

[Ronald Lipton]

Small correction - depleted uranium has been processed to remove the U-235 
(fissionable)
from the U-238.  The U-235 enriched uranium is reactor fuel.  Fuel removed 
from a reactor is
"spent" and has lower levels of U-235 than the enriched fuel - but also has 
plutonium and lots
of other interesting highly radioactive material.  I am sure it would make a 
good flashlight.

Ron
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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Going green


> Depleted fuel means that it can no longer be processed or used for energy
> production. It will remain hot for thousands of years and at present 
> cannot be
> stored safely. We simply do not have the means to deal with it for it's 
> life.
> Until we do, we shouldn't be contributing to an already huge problem. 
> Federal
> law mandated that proper storage would be in place before any nuclear 
> power
> reactors were built for energy production. You can see we are already 
> behind
> the  8 ball.
>
> Rummy
>
>
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