Thomas Walkom: Forget meltdowns. The real nuclear problem is waste (in the Toronto Star)

Thomas Walkom talks about the nuclear problem everyone seems to be forgetting. Canadians assure themselves that "it couldn't happen here" - but that's not the real problem.

"... nuclear waste lasts forever. That’s the real horror of Fukushima — that the spread of radioactive material could make an entire chunk of Japan uninhabitable. We could afford to be smug if we knew how to deal with our nuclear waste. But we don’t."

Full article: Walkom: Forget meltdowns. The real nuclear problem is waste.