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> nuclear has massive issues around waste The waste issue has been solved. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/06/24/deep-borehole-nuclear-waste-disp

• Quarrelsome 4y ago
  I wouldn't consider the existence of a start-up proof that a problem has been solved, especially given the need of hyping one's own product (and possibly downplaying any remaining challenges) as a nascent organisation.
  • willcipriano 4y ago
    This isn't new stuff[0], just made more affordable by some technology from the fracking industry. It's Yucca Mountain without the mountain. [0]https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2015/03/05/cant-we-just-throw-our-nuclear-waste-down-a-deep-hole/?sh=78e91b753b64 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2015/03/05/cant-we-j... [0-1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_borehole_disposal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_borehole_disposal
    • Quarrelsome 4y ago
      Sure but until it is actually utilised and proven to work on the scales required for existing nuclear deployments it still remains an estimate and not a precise cost.
      • willcipriano 4y ago
        Now do grid scale batteries. "Renewables" have the same issue and are looked at rather uncritically. We dig boreholes like this on a regular basis, all that's left is tossing the waste containers in.