The salt deposits in New Mexico are a wonderful place for nuclear waste. It's almost a no-brainer [1]. "It doesn't matter why it's a problem, all that matters

The salt deposits in New Mexico are a wonderful place for nuclear waste. It's almost a no-brainer [1]. "It doesn't matter why it's a problem, all that matters is that it's a problem..." Intermittency of wind and solar is a problem by any stretch of any imagination. Year-averaged wind capacity factor in USA is 35%. Solar is 25%. There are massive seasonal variations that batteries don't solve. It's a legit concern. Nukes help alleviate that because they're the only known dispatchable 24/7 carbon-free energy that we can scale to the necessary scale. Just gotta figure out how to make the more cheaply. Curing fears spawning from the linear no-threshold dose response model will help with that. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/02/09/americas-high-level-nuclear-waste-is-gone/#2eb63c6f2e02 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/02/09/americas-...