Thoughts on nuclear power plants

It is insane is that nuclear power plants have been built on faults. This is not only the case in Japan, Indian point nuclear power plant in Buchanan NY and Diablo Canyon in California are built on faults. Furthermore, the life expectancy of a nuclear power plant should not exceed 30 years; Indian Point needs to be closed now as are many older plants in the US. Also nuclear wastes won't go away for generations to come and we understand that the materials of containments degrade over time: concrete cracks and the radiation further degrade the materials used to encase the spent fuel; thus, we must stop building nuclear power plants and stop using uranium, plutonium and other highly radioactive elements.

What is becoming exceedingly clear is that Humans are to earth what fleas are to dogs.