>  > We've been storing nuclear waste of one sort or another for close
>>  to 60 years now.  That should be something of a case study.  As
>>  far as I know, the (known) ecological consequences have been less
>>  than those from conventional mining of various sorts, or even
>>  farmland construction via rain forest destruction.  (and perhaps
>>  less than the results of burning 60y worth of fossil fuels.)
>
>Well there are those hot frogs on the loose..  :)
>
>But I'm inclined to agree, and again the radioactives released by
>natural gas and coal might be even more than the nuke plants in total,
>and they are ignored.

There's an interesting article about just that subject here: 
http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/Coal-Combustion-Waste-CCW1jul93.htm

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