> What about space? Great in principle, but sending nuclear waste hurtling through the upper atmosphere strapped to a tank of rocket fuel seems like a really b

> What about space? Great in principle, but sending nuclear waste hurtling through the upper atmosphere strapped to a tank of rocket fuel seems like a really bad idea in practice. You'd be one mishap away from spreading radioactive dust over a huge area. Some kind of railgun-like launch system big enough to achieve escape velocity could work, I guess - but that technology's not there yet.