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Storing fission waste products is a solved problem. You can either reprocess them as is done in France. Or you can store them forever. Neither approach is diffi
by Sevii 1y ago
Storing fission waste products is a solved problem. You can either reprocess them as is done in France. Or you can store them forever. Neither approach is difficult or poorly understood. We can store an infinite amount of fission waste products in the ocean, underground or in the mantle.
- grumbelbart2 1y agoIn theory, sure. In practice, complex technological and political issues remain - apparent by the fact that no country has solved the issue yet. You apparently stable salt mines start leaking. Locals don't like having toxic stuff buried below them. Other countries dislike that you dump nuclear waste in the middle of the Atlantic. Digging deep becomes too expensive.