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In addition to what the sibling commenter said, at the scale of human civilization, 10,000 years is forever.
by kibwen 1y ago
In addition to what the sibling commenter said, at the scale of human civilization, 10,000 years is forever.
- lesuorac 1y ago10,000 years may be forever but it's a rounding error compared to the "half-life" of lead that other power plants produce.
- kibwen 1y agoNo, forever isn't a rounding error compared to forever. No human civilization has any reason whatsoever to make any distinction between "this field over here will be safe for farming in 10,000 years" and "this field over here will never be safe for farming". In addition, nuclear isn't competing against coal, it's competing against solar.
- nandomrumber 1y agoIf anything is competing against solar, it's solar + batteries + high cost semiconductor switch yards + massive amounts of new transmission lines + replacing the panels every 20 - 30 years + being dependent on China for solar panels.
- natmaka 1y agoEven simply finding some adequate way to warn is a challenge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warnin...
- nandomrumber 1y agoThe Great Pyramid of Giza is about half that years old. Pop all the waste in stainless steel casts huge pile in a geologically stable desert.