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Nuclear waste is very easy to deal with. It’s physically small, and easy to transport. It has a long half life, but a deep shaft filled with cement in a remote
by pyuser583 5y ago
Nuclear waste is very easy to deal with. It’s physically small, and easy to transport.
It has a long half life, but a deep shaft filled with cement in a remote area does the trick.
There’s no kicking the can down the road.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoOddly, it seems that finding that deep shaft that is known to be geologically stable for at least a couple of half lives is fairly difficult, to say nothing of the issue of transporting the material from the reactor to said shaft.
- pyuser583 5y agoThe obstacles aren’t scientific or engineering. Plenty of safe places to put it. The problem is NIMBYism. https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-radioactive-problem-struggles-dispose-nuclear-waste-french-nuclear-facility/ https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-radioactive-problem-...