Feb 21, 2013 Spiegel OnLine
Some 126,000 barrels of nuclear waste have been dumped in the Asse II salt mine over the last 50 years. German politicians are pushing for a law promising their removal. But the safety, technical and financial hurdles are enormous, and experts warn that removal is more dangerous than leaving them put... http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-weighs-options-for-handling-nuclear-waste-in-asse-mine-a-884523.html
Feb 23, 2013 Christian Science Monitor
SIX LEAKING TANKS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE AT HANFORD NUCLEAR SITE IN WASHINGTON - THREATENING GROUND WATER http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0223/6-leaky-tanks-ooze-radioactive-waste-at-Hanford-nuclear-site-in-Washington
VIDEOS: USA HANFORD RESERVATION MAY BE LEAKING 1000 GALLONS OF NUCLEAR WASTE PER YEAR - Hanford has 177 aging tanks that store millions of gallons of radioactive sludge. Feb 27, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/washington-governor-hanford-reservation_n_2776825.html
ATOMIC DESERTS: A SURVEY OF THE WORLD'S RADIOACTIVE NO-GO ZONES - SPIEGEL ONLINE http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/atomic-deserts-a-survey-of-the-world-s-radioactive-no-go-zones-a-756369.html
It is time to take the rose colored glasses off and realize that nuclear weapons and power constitute a grave threat from their life-cycle radioactive waste for tens of thousands of years if not millions. Man has yet to devise a container that will have a life-cycle this far out. Therefore, common sense says, no more nuclear energy plants until such time as science comes up with a way to neutralize this highly radioactive and poisonous waste that has the ability to kill all life it touches... our soils, water, oceans and food supply and environment