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I know all about radiation and it`s effect`s Lesley, and the difference between a slag heap and nuclear waste. Radiation and nuclear power has been an interest of mine for year`s. I know exactly the points you`re getting at though, but like it or not, nuclear power is the most efficient of all, and is here to stay. Can`t comment on cost`s. Regarding other alternative sources of power, remember the attitude a couple of years back about the wind turbine`s? It`s okay, but not in my backyard! Anyway, as Ross correctly says above, these devices are not very cost effective, and who wants to see thousand`s of windmills across the landscape? I would like to hear though of a `real` alternative though. If solar panels are so efficient, why aren`t we all going out and buying them for `free` energy? Let me hasten to add here that I`ve had a long time interest in this radiation business, and nuclear power for space travel on the astronomy side of it, and I don`t pretend for one minute to be any expert on the subject. Anything I mention is from my basic knowledge. Back in the early 90s I went to safety brief`s as I did get involved with the nuclear flask trains we worked in and out of the Dungeness power station railhead. If they still do it, and you get the chance, go on one of the site visit`s around Dungeness, and see another side to it all.