Re: Why not dispose of Nuclear waste on or in the Moon, instead of Earth?

Contrary to the impression given to people by the media, radwaste is no 
more dangerous than many other waste materials we handle every day 
in a safe manner, so there is no need for such an extreme and very 
expensive remedy. Burying the waste in a geological repository, such as 
Yucca Moutain, burning it in nuclear reactors, or transmutating the waste 
using an accelerator driven system are more economic solutions. 

The only difference between radwaste and toxins such as selenium, arsenic, 
cadmium, lead, etc., is that radwaste eventually dies out (decays) and the 
others remain toxic forever. Selenium is about as toxic, spoonful for 
spoonful, as radwaste when it's first pulled out of pools and put into a 
burial cask.  Thereafter, radwaste just gets less and less toxic.  

Also, waste from coal-burning plants is quite radioactive, as well as 
containing some non-radioactive toxins.  Its final disposal site is our 
lungs, killing tens of thousands of Americans each year because it is 
released up the smoke stacks and via the use of fly ash for other 
activities.  Nuclear power plants contain 100% of their radioactive wastes 
and will dispose of them using methods that are both environmentally and 
economically sound.

For more information on radioactive waste try one of the following we 
sites:
 http://www.radwaste.org
 http://www.wipp.carlsbad.nm.us/
 http://www.ymp.gov/

I hope this helps answer your question,
Michael Baker