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My (not totally serious but kinda serious though uninformed) solution to the problem: Build a few big underground atomic bunkers around the world and store the
by V__ 4y ago
My (not totally serious but kinda serious though uninformed) solution to the problem: Build a few big underground atomic bunkers around the world and store the long term waste there until we can find a solution (or leave it there). Do it in the middle of a desert far away from any people. No NIMBYs, not interesting for attacks.
- Splendor 4y agoLet me introduce you to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Even the middle of the desert is not safe from NIMBYs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_r...
- teachrdan 4y agoNuclear waste repositories are not immune to accidents. Putting all our nuclear waste in one place may not be the solution we're looking for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#2014_accidental_fires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#20...
- Splendor 4y agoI don't remember saying it was. Did you reply to the wrong comment?
- teachrdan 4y agoMy reading of your comment was that you were piggybacking on the above: > Build a few big underground atomic bunkers around the world and store the long term waste there until we can find a solution (or leave it there). And your comment specifically mentioned Yucca mountain, which was indeed planned to be a big underground repository for nuclear waste, and therefore vulnerable to the same type of catastrophic failure I referred to above. Am I missing something?
- Splendor 4y agoI see. I should've quoted the bit I was replying to. They said: > Do it in the middle of a desert far away from any people. No NIMBYs, not interesting for attacks. And I was just pointing out that building it in the middle of the desert has not proven to be a good way of avoiding opposition.