There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium.

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I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter...

I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of...

I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of...

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal,...

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal,...

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said...

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said...

Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for...

Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for...

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...

I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as...

I don't think we have very good records about what they were thinking except, as...

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for...

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for...

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible,...

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible,...

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the...

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra...

I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all...

'Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all...

They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There...

They simply don't know that much about what they're doing. There isn't enough control. There...