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Getting nuclear waste off the surface is extremely risky & challenging. Rockets occasionally explode and scatter their payload. Even a 0.01% (1 out of 10,000) f
by daveslash 7y ago
Getting nuclear waste off the surface is extremely risky & challenging. Rockets occasionally explode and scatter their payload. Even a 0.01% (1 out of 10,000) failure rate might be considered too high a risk. I think that a lot of people would not take the risk that 1 out of every 10,000 rockets with nuclear waste will explode and scatter the contents into the upper atmosphere.
- MertsA 7y agoEspecially high level radioactive waste which is some of the only stuff you might care enough about to worry about a "permanent" solution. The existing nuclear payloads are either RTGs or occasionally fresh fuel that is only lightly radioactive compared to high level waste.