Re: Yucca Poll Sientific American

["Vincent A King/KINGVA/CC01/INEEL/US" <KINGVA@INEL.GOV>]

1. Pro - it would extend non-polluting energy resources significantly



2. Con - it would take away one of the antis biggest complaints, since you

would have to call plutonium a "resource" instead of "nuclear waste"



3. Con - it would make Yucca Mountain even more overengineered, since

fission products decay away faster than Pu











...as a long term solution and a possible alternative to Yucca, what are

the pros and cons of reprocessing and pursuing transmutation technology?...





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