Energy crisis: Nuclear vs. Renewable Energy

There are two classification of nuclear waste. Its either "low level" or "high level" radioactive waste. The difference between the two is how to dispose it. Low level nuclear waste usually includes material used to handle the highly radioactive parts of nuclear reactors like cooling water pipes and radiation suits and waste from medical procedures involving radioactive treatments or x-rays. Low level waste is comparatively easy to dispose of. The level of radioactivity and the half life of the radioactive isotopes in low level waste is relatively small. Storing the waste for a period of 10 to 50 years will allow most of the radioactive isotopes in low level waste to decay, at which point the waste can be disposed of as normal refuse. High level radioactive waste is generally material from the core of the nuclear reactor or nuclear weapon. This waste includes uranium, plutonium, and other highly radioactive elements made during fission. Most of the radioactive isotopes in high level waste emit large amounts of radiation and have extremely long half-lives (some longer than 100,000 years) creating long time periods before the waste will settle to safe levels of radioactivity. This area will describe some of the methods being under consideration, for dealing with this, high level, waste. These include short term storage, long term storage, and transmutation. - "some longer than 100,000 years" you see... although nuclear power can give us a lot of energy, still how to dispose it is still a problem.

Nuclear can give a lot of energy still there will be a problem on how to dispose nuclear waste. You will not have that kind of problem with renewable energy. So i say, the government should focus on research on renewable energy than nuclear energy.