8 October 2004 - plutonium in France

host: Welcome to Pounce Counterpounce. With us today are Responsible Greenpeace Protestor and Malevolent Nuclear Engineer to discuss the reprocessing of U.S. plutonium in France.
Greenpeace: Greenpeace will do everything in our power to challenge the terror cargo of weapons plutonium. Rather than shipping deadly nuclear material worldwide, we should work to stop nuclear proliferation.
engineer: Cool. But what should be done with the plutonium?
Greenpeace: It should never have been made in the first place.
engineer: A little late now. The choices are to store it for a couple hundred thousand years until it decays—
Greenpeace: Obviously unacceptable.
engineer: Or to destroy it in a nuclear reactor, which is the plan.
Greenpeace: A dangerously irresponsible course.
host: Or launch it into the sun!
engineer: More expensive and more risky than either alternative. I’m curious, what does Greenpeace prefer?
Greenpeace: We believe that with our wisdom and the knowledge of responsible, um, and furthermore that whatever course is chosen, Greenpeace must be free to protest vehemently, and the correct decision will be revealed at the correct, uh, stuff.
host: Oh! Does it involve magic?
Greenpeace: No, we’re against that too.