Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

I think as far as dolls go, if one is staring at you, 'unblinking' is exactly what you want.

I’m surprised America hasn’t made football fields an actual unit of measurement yet.

The problem is that we are dealing with this using politics instead of science.

Hearing him call Hartford a "Big City" basically gave me the same reaction as the Roku guys did to being called a "Big Tech Company." "Look! The TV man called our city a 'Big City!' We aren't boring as fuck and useless to the USA! It's finally happening!"

"Naval aircraft were summoned to strafe them with machine-gun fire..." Considering we're talking about waste disposal, that may just be the most American thing I've ever heard.

I love how he always pick up different topics that aren't talked about 24/7 in other tonight shows

I don't think I've laughed at a LWT skit harder than Felicity. It was so funny that she's laughing next to me right no-

The whole Feilicity bit is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

That “alarmingly laid back man” happens to me my grandfather!

John has suspicious amount of jokes on American Girl dolls. Someone on that writing team has a history...

Missile: Exploding Audience: dying of laughter

This place is held together with chewing gum, string, and paper clips.

"...she stares unblinking..." yes, but can you imagine how much worse it would be if it did blink?

Why did we need 5 Sharknado movies when we have freakin radioactive alligators?

If someone wants to solve the Cube John is holding, use this Scramble with yellow on top and red in front: B L R' B' F' D' . Yes, we're bored and nerds.

13:13 Watching him act like that doll scared the shit out of him is so damn funny. It's really well edited too. His reaction has me in stitches every single time. If I watch it more than 3 times in a row, I can't breathe from how hard I'm laughing.

Fun fact: That rocket (5:30) crashed since its accelerometer was literally installed upside down. EDIT: First of all thanks for the responses. I have since been studying nuclear engineering in-depth and this piece does miss a few crucial details on nuclear waste. Firstly, a football stadium of nuclear waste from all nuclear power plants across the US over 50 years (providing 20% of clean, safe, non-intermittent energy) is actually remarkably little. I would say it is the necessary evil we need to overcome since at the end of the day nuclear power is a reliable source that is in most respects superior to conventional solar and wind. In the long term, nuclear waste will not be an issue - rather a waste material we can reprocess and generate electricity from - fast breeder reactors.

Just want to point out that Yucca Mountain was something they had been working on for decades. It was a done deal and the entire industry was preparing for it. Then, when it was shut down, it was done so just before it was scheduled to start receiving waste. It was a major blow. I know this because my wife is a nuclear scientist who had to do PR work for the NRC trying to keep them from shutting it down.

It’s been 5 years let’s get a certified John Oliver update on this topic!!!

Ugh, as a nuclear professional, the shear misunderstanding in this piece infuriates me. I've held off watching this video for years and honestly I still wish I never did. "So called spent fuel pools"? No, that IS what they are called. I've personally monitored 2 of them on a daily basis, walking around and under them, for years and worked at several more. They are by no means designed for "temporary storage" since "temporary" is ONLY for 100 years. The danger for a "spent fuel pool accident" is also ridiculous. The ability to strike and destroy a spent fuel pool inside the protection of a nuclear power plant is likely not even capable. That also ignores the fact that there are many, MANY procedures for any issue with the spent fuel pools including attack. Even I couldn't think of a way to do it with unlimited funds and my intimate knowledge. Thankfully we do have dry cask storage now and those casks can literally take a freight train at full speed without losing integrity (I've seen the videos, they are pretty amazing). So the idea we have this tremendous amount of nuclear waste all over is kind of ridiculous. We should have a long term storage site, or sites, to put these casks, but there is no immediate crisis for it.