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That's the 64 billion dollar question.
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The NIMBY phenomenon has throttled the issue, and that's primarily because we didn't incorporate that aspect of nuclear management at the start of the development of the technology (the usual excuse, too expensive). Now it's a political football dominated by wackos on both sides. The longer we wait, the harder to fix the problem gets , technically, financially, and politically. TB and I have discussed this issue here at length, it seems to be one thing we are pretty much in agreement on. We probably only differ on one minor aspect. He thinks the obstacle to solving the problem is the unreasoning resistance of the environmentalists, I think it is the public backlash against the greed and stupidity of the industry. The truth, as always, is probably somewhere in between.

Personally, I'm praying for fusion. But I'm not sure that is technically feasible.

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