What do the French do with their nuclear waste?

Question

What do the French do with their nuclear waste?

Answer 1

They reduce, recycle and reuse.  Unfortunately, the United States has not adopted their well-developed and executed plan of attack.  Not so surprisingly, the French have effectively recycled their nuclear waste for decades without incident.  It is a little embarrassing that the country that we tend to make fun of has effectively resolved one of the biggest problems facing the United States.  

We must stop the senseless fear-mongering and look at this as a serious answer to our energy crisis.  The demand for energy will not significantly decrease over time, so we must be practical, and stop theorizing and trying to wish this problem away.

For more information (much less biased than that you'll read on activists websites) go to the following link:

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary...

Answer 2

At La Hague, the French do something that's not allowed in the United States: They reprocess -- recycle -- highly radioactive commercial spent nuclear fuel so it can be reloaded into reactors and used again.

In that years-long recycling process, the French recapture 97 percent of the spent fuel's plutonium. Unlike U.S. utilities which are stuck with it all, they're left with only 3 percent to be disposed of as highly radioactive waste.

Answer 3

Three quick reads that will answer your question quickly and easy.

The french most recycle and bury their waste.

http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/in...

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/e...

Answer 4

they sell it to Iran

Answer 5

They put it back to the earth. I mean they dump it into the sea.