Japan agrees to hand over nuclear material to United States

4-2-7 · #1 03-25-2014, 09:20 PM

I heard about this the other day and it didn't sit right with me. What the hell are we doing taking in more enriched uranium & plutonium. WTF are we going to be the worlds wast dumping ground. This stuff never goes away and cost money to keep it secure.

(CNN) -- Japan and the United States have co-signed an agreement to remove and dispose of hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and separated plutonium from the Asian nation.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/world/...ear-fuel-deal/

donquixote99 · #2 03-25-2014, 09:41 PM

It's the stuff bombs are made of.

4-2-7 · #3 03-25-2014, 09:44 PM

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It's the stuff bombs are made of.

And is hazardous in any storage. Lets see would you want it in your backyard?

bobabode · #4 03-26-2014, 05:36 PM

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It's the stuff bombs are made of.

Fuel too. I don't get what the big deal is. We've been buying Russian nukes for fuel for a couple of decades. NASA used Plutonium reactors in long range spacecraft.

4-2-7 · #5 03-26-2014, 06:26 PM

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Fuel too. I don't get what the big deal is. We've been buying Russian nukes for fuel for a couple of decades. NASA used Plutonium reactors in long range spacecraft.

NASA is out of business

donquixote99 · #6 03-25-2014, 10:03 PM

OK, what's my choice here? In my backyard, or coming at me at the end of a missile?

hillbilly · #7 03-25-2014, 10:20 PM

It's one of those cases where we could be damned if we do and damned if we don't.

Dondilion · #8 03-25-2014, 10:26 PM

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OK, what's my choice here? In my backyard, or coming at me at the end of a missile?

The reality of the nuclear world.

hillbilly · #9 03-25-2014, 10:39 PM

I've wondered about how it is stored. It would seem to me that no matter how safely it is packed away under ground, an earthquake in the future at or very near the storage area could not be good for the environment.

4-2-7 · #10 03-25-2014, 11:08 PM

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I've wondered about how it is stored. It would seem to me that no matter how safely it is packed away under ground, an earthquake in the future at or very near the storage area could not be good for the environment.

HB

We might be drinking it in the ground water.