AMEC, which has part of the contract for restarting Iraq's water and energy, is behind a move to re-launch the nuclear power business through what's called planar geomelting. (Image from the Los Alamos Nuclear Lab.)

The idea is that the subsurface of the waste is melted, at high heat, leaving a sturdy coating from which gases have been expelled. The waste then becomes stable for over 200,000 years, AMEC claims, by which time the material is no longer radioactive.

Now, is this just another industry scam, a system that will be stable for just a short time -- long enough to make America fully dependent on nuclear -- or is this the real deal?

We report. You decide.