Hawke tells world: Dump your nuclear waste in the Aussie outback (for cash)

[Speedo]

Really, the outrage over nuclear waste seems a bit unfounded. I'm not sure why environmentalists make such a big deal over it...

Would you want it stored in your back yard?

Not only is it a poisonous heavy metal, but it's putting out very hard radiation.

 

[cgannon64]

The outback is someone's backyard?

 

[Irish Caesar]

Would you want it stored in your back yard?

Out back and the Outback aren't quite the same...

But I suppose, if the price was right...

The fact that it's a poisonous heavy metal is irrelevant. I'm not eating it. It's sitting in a box buried underground. The radiation could be an issue depending on how it is (or isn't!) contained, and I might not like the bulldozers ripping up my lawn to put the waste, but it's not messing up the environment.

Really, the uranium comes from underground, underground seems like the logical place to put it back (of course, re-processing would be best, but...).