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How do you keep the nuclear waste contained in salt water for thousands of years? The radionuclides will end up sooner or later in the water.
by legulere 6y ago
How do you keep the nuclear waste contained in salt water for thousands of years? The radionuclides will end up sooner or later in the water.
- kgabis 6y agoYou don't? The volume of water in oceans is so big that this won't be a problem as long as you don't dump it in coastal waters. Keep in mind that there's plenty of reactors from sunken nuclear submarines in oceans right now.
- michaelt 6y agoThe kind of nuclear submarines governments are trying to raise and properly dispose of, because they're worried bioaccumulation will taint their fish stocks? [1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200901-the-radioactive-risk-of-sunken-nuclear-soviet-submarines https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200901-the-radioactive-...
- kgabis 6y agoAnd governments are known for not over reacting to anything related to nuclear power /s
- guscost 6y agoAnd in this case, the government of a country whose primary export is oil.
- pvaldes 6y agoDon't fool yourselves, we are talking about one of the richest extant fisheries of Atlantic cod. This is pretty serious stuff for Maine, Newfoundland or Massachusets, for example. We are talking about trying to keep your "fish and chips" safe to eat, or maybe not. Last time the fisheries collapsed in 90's 37.000 people lost their job only in Newfoundland and the social impact was massive. It has not recovered still after almost 30 years with a record of lowest captures registered in 2016.
- manigandham 6y agoNo need to keep it contained, the oceans have billions of tons of dissolved radioactive material already. Adding more isn't going to change anything. Dumping in the oceans isn't a serious proposal. I was pointing out that waste is not a huge problem.