Space disposal Ive been on a rampage today looking for stuff that needs to be completely redone So I rewrote the section on space disposal It no longer contains any speculation on the feasibility of space disposal using technology that hasnt been created yet More importantly it now refers to a reliable source I hope I havent hurt anyones feelings but it really needed to go    Thanks These are people who nearly had seizures when we launched Cassini at Saturn with a few kg of Pu in it Even if we had a magical propulsion system for launching actinides into space for free I doubt that politically people would tolerate the booster failure risk rate If  of these things are going to fail and go into the ocean why not just include the other  as well while were at it  At least if you pick your spot you can drop casks into ocean crustal subduction zones which has been suggested     A number of incidents   A number of incidents have occurred when radioactive material was disposed of improperly simply abandoned or even stolen from a waste store  This comes from near the end of the article and I think it needs a citation needed flag  Not only could people get uptight about this because it doesnt sound entirely neutral Id like to read about these incidents   Copyvio December   Not being sure of the Australian laws on copyrights I tagged the section as Copyvio since it was a direct cutandpaste  The information is good but the copyright is suspect     What part of Aus copyright laws are you unsure about Im pretty sure I can help our laws are pretty broad     Sacrifice zone   I couldnt find the reference to sacrifice zones in the Jan  Scientific American  Can  be more specific  In any case I dont believe that any place in the US so designated with the exception of the nuclear bomb test sites    Indeed i was just in the periodical library here in Zurich at the Uni and was leafing thru i had scientific american and a couple others pretty sure it was SA yet ill double check tomorrow yet it was near the back a two page review concerning the los alamos area and the various parties there and it clearly stated  or  i think sacrifice zones across the statesand that makes senseim suprised its so fewand all i was interested in was that there were  and that this was an interesting fact to put out thereand it was up to someone else to put the link to what was from a scientific journal and is indeed factualyes i am terribleall the glory and none of the tedious work yet my typing is slow so its someone elses job to insert all the detailed linkages ill put the major works i used at the bottom of the page in the reference section yet i dont usually detail all the linkages in the actual article number by number unless i got the stuff of the net anyways i always try and work with facts from reputed sources and highly regarded scientific textsyet ill get the exactitudes in the morningas i sayim pro nuke energyyet i want the facts out there as to its issues and problems so we can do it rightcover ups in this industry are foolishits things of this nature that have hurt the international nuke industry in the pastif they took better care and were more critical and honest about its problems we wouldnt have had so many of them alreadyand there has to be a coordinated long term intelligent plan to deal with the waste disposal issues or were going to have a serious nasty mess on our hands the facts and problems need to be thrown at them so they are forced to deal and solve themthey need some pressure to design the best nuke power industry product lifecycle management from design concept to disposalim thoroughly against some monolithic no checks and balances uberpartycompetitionand for healthy competition we need the dirty little details on the industries so people are forced to compete at the highest level and we end up with the best products and systemshiding the nasty details from the public is the wrong way to go on this one   Some comments   There is a big difference between any detectable contamination and a place which is uninhabitable forever    The reference httpwebemgovEMFYPFinal