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> Much of it is dumped at sea in secret because the cost of legitimate disposal is so expensive it would make the industry commercially unviable. [citation nee
by thescriptkiddie 11y ago
> Much of it is dumped at sea in secret because the cost of legitimate disposal is so expensive it would make the industry commercially unviable.
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- toomuchtodo 11y agoIt does happen. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/04/world/the-us-too-has-dumped-waste-at-sea.html http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/04/world/the-us-too-has-dumpe... http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579268563658319196 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527023047731045792685... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_waste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_... http://www.cbrneportal.com/the-disposal-of-nuclear-waste-into-the-worlds-oceans/ http://www.cbrneportal.com/the-disposal-of-nuclear-waste-int...
- trothamel 11y agoOcean floor disposal (also know of Sub-seabed) seems like a quite reasonable way of getting rid of nuclear waste you don't want to see again. Load it into a giant dart, drop it from a ship, allow it to pick up speed as it drops to the ocean floor, and it buries itself deep in the ocean's clay. It helps deal with concerns about access to the waste, as the number of submersibles that can work that deep is likely very small. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_floor_disposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_floor_disposal
- toomuchtodo 11y agoThat's sounds like a process with no risk whatsoever.
- dllthomas 11y agoFor one thing, you're likely to piss off Godzilla.