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> For a vehicle that is on a one-way trip to Mars, and where the reactor will be brought online after it's out of Earth's orbit, this isn't a problem. Pollutin

• Jesus_Jones 9y ago
  Just bury it out back, we'll clean it up later just like we did in Hanford. No problemo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site. More seriously, we can afford to have a small amount of nuclear waste there, but we need to plan for it better than we have previously. First, document where it is and what it contains. Second, I don't know.
  • optimiz3 9y ago
    Fun fact: right across from the Hanford Site is a massive Conagra plantation. Source: visited Hanford Site, looked up the company associated with the plantation across the road.
  • sebcat 9y ago
    Or Runit Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runit_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runit_Island
  • gh02t 9y ago
    Yep, Hanford Site was/is an epic disaster. The correct response is reprocessing. Most of the "waste" generated by power reactors is actually still usable as fuel. It also eliminates the really long-lived stuff, so that the small amount of leftover waste only has to be kept stored for a much more manageable 500-1000 years.
• King-Aaron 9y ago
  That's so when the Martian Congressional Republic eventually decides to declare war on Earth, they'll be weakened from the get-go. It's called playing the long game...
• ekianjo 9y ago
  How does pollution work exactly in an environment that's already hostile to life as we know it?
  • ehnto 9y ago
    It adds one more element to overcome when we decide we would like to live there.
    • ekianjo 9y ago
      It's not like radiation is a non-existent problem to begin with on a planet that does not have enough atmosphere.