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Well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_floor_disposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_floor_disposal was a thing being considered. One of the problems
by chickenbig 2y ago
Well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_floor_disposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_floor_disposal was a thing being considered.
One of the problems associated with this option includes the difficulty of recovering the waste, if necessary, once it is emplaced deep in the ocean.
That's a big mystery about spent nuclear fuel disposal; why do people want to be able to recover it, other than to add compromises.
- briffle 2y agoSpent nuclear fuel in most older reactors retains more than 90% of its potential energy.
- chickenbig 2y agoIn the form of Plutonium? Perhaps. In the form of U-238? Perhaps too, but look near enrichment plants and you will see yards full of steel cylinders filled with depleted Uranium hexafluoride. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2635448,-2.9592278,327m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2635448,-2.9592278,327m/da... So the spent fuel does not contain valuable energy. Better off removing the requirement to be able to retrieve it and just get on with disposing of it.