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This is a much harder problem than it might seem. You would need to find an underground storage site, where you can rule out any geological effects for a hundre
by _ph_ 5y ago
This is a much harder problem than it might seem. You would need to find an underground storage site, where you can rule out any geological effects for a hundred millennia. In those time frames, even rigid rock moves quite a bit. There is no container solid enough, it can't be crushed. You would need to prevent any water coming to that place and carry the contamination away.
Germany stored some nuclear waste in a salt mine, that turned into a huge debacle after only 30 years requiring now an immensely expensive recovery operation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asse_II_mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asse_II_mine
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- Paradigma11 5y agoThey did put it in a salt mine that was prone to water intrusions and not stable because it was mined/hollowed out. Maybe just dont do that without giving up the whole concept. Over those time frames that you mentioned the waste mostly the toxic properties are important. Btw how are we handling all that toxic chemical waste that is going to be toxic and dangerous not only for hundreds but thousands of millenia. Maybe we could just put it there.
- _ph_ 5y agoIt is difficult for me to judge what exactly were wrong and why they thought it was a good idea to put that stuff there. But I do think they honestly thought it was a good idea and that scares me. That it is so easy to make severe mistakes which in hindsight might look silly. We don't have any long time experience with this and won't have it, as we basically have to deal now with the waste.