Nuclear War

The article:
"Nuclear moves to front burner -
Bush push for energy reactors may not get much heat from former foes of atomic power"

One connection not yet explored in this here NuclearWarBlog, is nuclear war and global warming. They are, traditionally, two very separate possible apocalypses to worry about - for those of us who worry about these sorts of things.

Say what you will about spent nuclear fuel rods, they aren't contributing to the impending global climate crisis.

But Alice Slater, President of the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) writes that there is a connection between Nuke Power and Nuke Proliferation.

I came accross the above essay from the anti-nuclear quote of the day blog that I enjoy now and again. The pro-nuke Blog takes issue with Slater's use of the verb "spew" to descrice nuclear waste - which is valid. Coal power plants spew, nuclear power simply "accumulates" - and then what? That's the billion dollar question. And then what?

Soaks in a pond? Sits in a parking lot?

My vote is for all the spent fuel rods to be sent on a rocket-ride into the sun - only that trip up into orbit is quite a gamble if the rocket fails to leave the earth's atmosphere. So I'm putting my hope for the future of clean, safe nuclear energy in the Space Elevator.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.