Nuclear Reactors

The Earth’s core is a nuclear reactor. Some of this radioactivity leaks to the Earth’s surface. The Earth’s surface contains other radioactive substances. The additional radioactivity from the storage of radioactive products can be a minuscule addition to this background radiation. Ten acres of land will safely store all of the world’s radioactive waste.

Global warming from burning hydrocarbons may be greater than other risks. Nuclear electric generation does not contribute to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

We must learn to accept the risk associated with nuclear reactors. It is small compared to other risks that we tolerate without a thought.

PHIL WESSELS

Pomona