Posted: 12th August 2024
Dr. Gordon Edwards discusses the radioactive waste materials that are created inside all nuclear reactors in a ZOOM presentation to Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!). From the production of plutonium for use in nuclear weapons, to the fiercely radioactive fission products that can single-handedly melt the core of any power reactor, to the multi-millennial toxic radioactive legacy of the nuclear age, and industry plans to abandon these radio toxic wastes while persisting in creating more and more, Dr. Edwards touches briefly on all major aspects of the problem.