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Only if we never use fast reactors, which fission almost all the long-lived stuff. Take what's left, encase it in glass and bury it, and it'll be back to the ra
by DennisP 4y ago
Only if we never use fast reactors, which fission almost all the long-lived stuff. Take what's left, encase it in glass and bury it, and it'll be back to the radioactivity of the original ore in 300 years.
- pfdietz 4y agoWell, except for the 7 long lived fission products. Those are possibly good targets for space disposal.
- DennisP 4y agoSure, the overall mix goes back to the radioactivity of the original ore, not a radioactivity of zero.
- acidburnNSA 4y agoYou can separate them out and transmute them in fast reactors as well. https://www.iaea.org/publications/7112/implications-of-partitioning-and-transmutation-in-radioactive-waste-management https://www.iaea.org/publications/7112/implications-of-parti...
- pfdietz 4y agoI suspect space disposal would be much cheaper.