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> Build a single warehouse in the desert There are countries with no desert and for some unknown reason most countries are not desperate to import spent fuel.
by tpm 3y ago
> Build a single warehouse in the desert
There are countries with no desert and for some unknown reason most countries are not desperate to import spent fuel.
> You basically just need a concrete pad for them to sit on.
And the elements and radiation to take the 'concrete casks' apart and blow the bad stuff out.
All solutions to that are expensive and you have to monitor and fix leaks for a very long time.
The deeper you bury it, the deeper you have to dig later to fix the leaks.
> will be gone in a few hundred years anyways
That's a lot of time (and associated costs) in human lifetimes.
- evilos 3y agoIt doesn't literally need to be a desert. Just somewhere with low population density. This isn't a final disposal site. Just a central monitored place to hold the waste in a warehouse before the fuel is recycled or buried. The casks are rated for 100+ years and if they wear out, it's easy to swap casks. Deep borehole tech is readily available since America got so good at shale operations. It would be extremely cheap compared to building a huge underground facility like Finland is planning. > That's a lot of time (and associated costs) in human lifetimes. Again, no monitoring necessary once you bury it several km underground and fill the channel with concrete.