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The mechanical container solution is top notch, but 99% of the safety is just geological stability and selecting right place. Over 2 billion year old granite
by nabla9 3y ago
The mechanical container solution is top notch, but 99% of the safety is just geological stability and selecting right place. Over 2 billion year old granite with very few cracks far from any fault lines.
The worst possible scenario they calculated:
1) the nuclear canister would corrode in a thousand years instead of the calculated hundred thousand years,
2) and at the same time installed clay buffer surrounding canisters would inexplicably disappear.
3) In addition, the groundwater would magically flow upwards and
4) a city would be built on the site. A person who would live on the most polluted square meter from cradle to grave and would only eat food grown there and drink the most polluted water
Result: people would only receive three times the radiation dose compared to people currently living in a city of Tampere.