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We have 1,000s of tonnes it here in the UK. And no idea what to do with it. It just sits in barrels or pools and leaks occassionally. This is the low cost optio

We have 1,000s of tonnes it here in the UK. And no idea what to do with it. It just sits in barrels or pools and leaks occassionally. This is the low cost option because it's only £2bn a year ($3bn). https://www.wired.co.uk/article/inside-sellafield-nuclear-waste-decommissioning https://www.wired.co.uk/article/inside-sellafield-nuclear-wa...

q1w2 5y ago
> no idea what to do with it This is a nonsense comment. The point of STORAGE is to do nothing with it. It's supposed to just sit there. Also, the only "leak" mentioned in the article, was not a leak at all. It was contained in the secondary container and then moved back into a new primary container. ...and it wasn't even radioactive - it was "just" nitric acid.