I do remember the normie argument against Yucca, which had two parts. The first, was the Nevada had to deal with this problem from other states, why should they? The counter argument was that this was on federal land.
The second was that shipping the nuclear waste to Yucca had the potential for disaster. Every train carrying the stuff was called a "mobile Chernobyl" in the making.
The "pro" side was that this site was more secure than stuff being kept on hand, sitting at all the hundreds of power facilities everywhere, and that the risk in transport was low. That there is actually a federal agency with badges and guns that guard nuclear stuff being transported.
I suppose that we haven't built new nuke plants has been a practical reason why it never came to full fruition, because of lack of need.
I do remember the normie argument against Yucca, which had two parts. The first, was the Nevada had to deal with this problem from other states, why should they? The counter argument was that this was on federal land.
The second was that shipping the nuclear waste to Yucca had the potential for disaster. Every train carrying the stuff was called a "mobile Chernobyl" in the making.
The "pro" side was that this site was more secure than stuff being kept on hand, sitting at all the hundreds of power facilities everywhere, and that the risk in transport was low. That there is actually a federal agency with badges and guns that guard nuclear stuff being transported.
I suppose that we haven't built new nuke plants has been a practical reason why it never came to full fruition, because of lack of need.
You would think that after Fukushima exposing the danger of leaving tons of waste on site at every power plant long term is not a good idea.
But I was surprised this location never got revived.