The Biogeochemical Fate of the Long Lived Radioactive Fission Product Selenium-79.

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3. No mad science please.

Your contempt for non-scientists comes through loud and clear. We should indeed listen to scientists, but not only scientists, and we should certainly not listen too carefully to mad, bitter and paranoid scientists who lack the ability to factor in economic, engineering and social constraints and who blame current “anti-nukes” for cold-war propaganda about radiation backed up by the actual existence of nuclear exclusion zones and a lack of ability to solve the problem of nuclear waste in an acceptable way. Something tells me the general public, scientifically literate or not, is not going to accept the notion of using nuclear waste to irradiate the air. Yeah, call me stupid. Doesn’t matter because it just won’t happen. Neither will the completely unrealistic fantasy of a world relying solely on nuclear energy. That sounds a bit Edward Tellerish. A better way to manage your disappointment would be to lighten up and jump on the Fusion train.

Meanwhile, countries like China, Japan and Korea just got a new reason to reduce their dependence on oil and to continue innovative development of renewable energy and use of hydrogen fuel. And to go ahead and build some nuclear plants, too, if it helps.