Radioactive waste: Placating a Phobia
You’ve heard it all before: not in my backyard! No nukes in Illinois, California, etc… But how many lives are being saved? Are there any bold heroes we should thank for standing up to the nuclear boogeyman?
About one third of all nuclear waste ever produced has been recycled
About one third of all nuclear waste ever produced has been recycled (World Nuclear ,2022); yet less than 5 percent of rare-earth materials harvested have been recycled (Kinch 2021). This statement alone should be alarming enough.