High-level radioactive waste.

High-level radioactive wastes are discussed and compared with the wastes generated from coal-fired power plants. The quantity of waste generated by a large nuclear power plant in one year amounts to about 2-3 cubic yards,; a quantity five million times smaller by weight, and billions of times smaller by volume than the wastes from a coal burning plant. The author concludes that the burden placed on future generations for storing or disposing of nuclear waste will probably be far less than the burden resulting from the consumption of the earth's high grade mineral resources. (JMT)