why would someone want to reduce the half life of plutonium joe? it's a fuel!
( joe knows he's made a boo boo here and he's going to bluff his way out)
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You are the one making the ridiculous claim about the half-life of plutonium.
http://www.etsu.edu/writing/3120f99/zctb3/nuclear2.htm
Current Storage Methods
Currently, only temporary storage areas exist for the disposal of radioactive waste. The U.S. government is working to devise a plan for the safe storage and permanent disposal of nuclear wastes. Plutonium waste from nuclear fuel used in nuclear power plants and similar reactors is highly radioactive and needs to be shielded and handled very carefully at remote distances. At this time the waste from these spent fuel rods is stored in specially-designed, water-filled basins or dry casks at commercial power reactor sites or at one away-from-reactor storage facility. Most of the weapons grade plutonium pits (pits are the nuclear triggers for a hydrogen bomb) from the dismantlement of nuclear weapons are being dry-stored in casks at a facility outside of Amarillo, Texas (Bullen and McCormick 683). But as the plutonium is broken down, plutonium dust is created which presents a relevant safety concern. If this dust were dispersed into the atmosphere, radioactive plutonium could spread quickly and easily through the environment, creating a very dangerous hazard to humans and the environment.
http://www.etsu.edu/writing/3120f99/zctb3/nuclear2.htm
Current Storage Methods
Currently, only temporary storage areas exist for the disposal of radioactive waste. The U.S. government is working to devise a plan for the safe storage and permanent disposal of nuclear wastes. Plutonium waste from nuclear fuel used in nuclear power plants and similar reactors is highly radioactive and needs to be shielded and handled very carefully at remote distances. At this time the waste from these spent fuel rods is stored in specially-designed, water-filled basins or dry casks at commercial power reactor sites or at one away-from-reactor storage facility. Most of the weapons grade plutonium pits (pits are the nuclear triggers for a hydrogen bomb) from the dismantlement of nuclear weapons are being dry-stored in casks at a facility outside of Amarillo, Texas (Bullen and McCormick 683). But as the plutonium is broken down, plutonium dust is created which presents a relevant safety concern. If this dust were dispersed into the atmosphere, radioactive plutonium could spread quickly and easily through the environment, creating a very dangerous hazard to humans and the environment.
Stop bluffing joe you are the one that mentions plutonium not me.
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You are the bluffer. Plutonium is the most toxic of the waste from nuclear power - hence the most serious. So I'm asking you:
1) How do you reduce the half-life of plutonium? (you said: efficiency is up to 99% in extracting useful fuel so the half life has been reduced dramatically.)
2) Where and how do you keep it?
1) How do you reduce the half-life of plutonium? (you said: efficiency is up to 99% in extracting useful fuel so the half life has been reduced dramatically.)
2) Where and how do you keep it?
why do you keep going on about plutonium joe?
show me where in my original post I mention the word plutonium, I only used the word after you had so therefore it's you thats bluffing joe and you know it, get out of that one, you know you can't!
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I have already, its you that needs to question why you keep bringing up plutonium, it's a fuel so why would you want to bury it or dispose of it? answer that question, he can't
It's quite simple Tim. We don't have any reactors that use plutonium, therefore, it is a waste substance that needs storing somewhere.
I'm asking you - where and how.
And I'm still waiting for you to tell me how a radioactive half-life can be reduced (as per your claim).
Whose talking about the present reactors? I'm talking about the new reactors planned and the processes that will be used.
It's you talking in the past.
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Oh I see. You are talking science fiction. Why didn't you say that before?
Oh and you STILL haven't told me how a radioactive half-life can be reduced.
Oh and BTW, breeder reactors produce more plutonium than they use (hence the name) so where are you going to store that surplus?
It's fact joe and if you cant accept that then more fool you
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My answer to that is "Because you can't leave it in a bucket down the yard. It HAS to go somewhere whether you want to use it whether you don't."
Now answer mine from the previous posts:
Oh and you STILL haven't told me how a radioactive half-life can be reduced.
Oh and BTW, breeder reactors produce more plutonium than they use (hence the name) so where are you going to store that surplus?
You wont answer my question joe as you dont know! The great Joe 90 unable to give an answer, this day will go down in history.
Plutonium is a fuel and therefore doesn't need disposing of, with the new techniques in processing the "waste" the dangers of old regarding waste are greatly reduced.
If you need more convincing have a read up on the internet, even your favourite place for gathering information wikipedia has some and which is where i got the quote from.
have a nice read and i'll catch you later, some of us have to earn a living
Plutonium is a fuel and therefore doesn't need disposing of, with the new techniques in processing the "waste" the dangers of old regarding waste are greatly reduced.
If you need more convincing have a read up on the internet, even your favourite place for gathering information wikipedia has some and which is where i got the quote from.
have a nice read and i'll catch you later, some of us have to earn a living
