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azncindy619

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on: Jul 2, 2018
Why is it difficult to permanently dispose nuclear wastes?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What are the economic and social implications of the continuous use of coal as an energy source?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


ms_sulzle

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

One problem with nuclear wastes is that they remain deadly for tens of thousands of years. A successful repository for the wastes must seal them completely for all this time, and no one has yet figured out how to do that. Also, transporting nuclear wastes from all over a country presents an image of an accident waiting to happen.

Answer to Question 2

Economically, coal will become more costly to mine, and socially, the vast wastelands created by strip-mining operations, increased air pollution, and deaths and injuries from the mining process itself provide further reasons for hesitancy.


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