Conventional thermal power is so much better; we simply store the waste in the air, or in the case of coal partially in poorly-regulated fly ash ponds which periodically spill into rivers.
> As always, I wonder, what was the plan exactly? What did the engineers of yesteryear actually plan to do with the stuff?
Some of it can be reprocessed, though there's a question of whether that's economical; France and Britain are the only countries to do it on a large scale these days. Really, though, it's not a new problem; industry produces a lot of very nasty waste.
> As always, I wonder, what was the plan exactly? What did the engineers of yesteryear actually plan to do with the stuff?
Some of it can be reprocessed, though there's a question of whether that's economical; France and Britain are the only countries to do it on a large scale these days. Really, though, it's not a new problem; industry produces a lot of very nasty waste.