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I think the best option would be to accelerate the decay. That should be relatively easy (i.e. has a net energy output) and massively reduces the radioactivity.
by rocqua 8y ago
I think the best option would be to accelerate the decay. That should be relatively easy (i.e. has a net energy output) and massively reduces the radioactivity.
- saagarjha 8y agoAccelerating the decay would increase the radioactivity, at least until you've reached something with a long half-life.
- rcxdude 8y agoYes, but short-term high-radioactivity material is easy to do with, as is the super-long term low radioactivity material. The problem is the stuff in the middle which has a long enough half life that it's hard to store safely for that long but enough radioactivity to be dangerous. So if you can turn that stuff into either of the previous two catagories it's a win.