Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field.

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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...

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right...

Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right...

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.

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked...

We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked...

Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the...

Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the...

All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of...

All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of...

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so,...

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so,...

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,...

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

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...

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No...

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No...

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...

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

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...

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...

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out...

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out...

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

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...

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...