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> The total amount of radioactive waste on the earth is about the size of a swimming pool (or was that the total amount of gold? I forgot, either way in terms o

• nitrogen 6y ago
  Those piles of bars are shallow, and those barrels are probably mostly non-spent-fuel by volume.
  • fanf2 6y ago
    In the 1930s they put about 13,000 tonnes of gold in Fort Knox. (It now has about 4,500 tonnes). Density of gold is about 20g/cm^3, or 20 tonnes per cubic metre. So Fort Knox held up to 650m^3 of gold. A normal swimming pool is about 25m x 12.5m x 2m which is 625m^3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Deposito... This page indicates Sellafield has 2000m^3 of high level nuclear waste. https://ukinventory.nda.gov.uk/site/sellafield/ https://ukinventory.nda.gov.uk/site/sellafield/
    • beervirus 6y ago
      > Reported volume: This is the volume actually taken up by wastes that exist at the Inventory stock date. It is the volume taken up by wastes inside the tanks, vaults, silos and drums in which they are contained.