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Nuclear waste can be buried away (relatively) harmlessly, while higher global temperatures and the extreme weather + fire they cause represent a large-scale pot
by FreakyT 8y ago
Nuclear waste can be buried away (relatively) harmlessly, while higher global temperatures and the extreme weather + fire they cause represent a large-scale potentially irreversible environmental alteration. I know which I'd pick.
- melling 8y agoDoes Bill Gates’ TerraPower use nuclear waste? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower
- justin66 8y agoDepleted uranium is waste or otherwise a byproduct of production of enriched uranium, yes.
- ascar 8y agoI'm no expert on the issue, but the decades lasting and still ongoing discussions about a atomic waste location in Germany seem to contradict your statement. Burring something for a few years is easy, but what about hundreds, thousands, ten thousands? The earth moves and this stuff is way more concentrated than anything found naturally. What if it hits ground water?
- chmod775 8y agoExcept that Germany has exactly zero suitable locations to bury nuclear waste safely for a few thousand years. Many would have a danger of contaminating ground water or have some other issue. They have been trying to find something for decades and come up empty.