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It can be left in canisters on site. It could be dumped in the ocean. It really doesn't matter.

• triceratops 1y ago
  > It could be dumped in the ocean FFS no. This is the reason environmentalists don't trust the nuclear industry.
  • loeg 1y ago
    This is a "no" purely for optics; it would be perfectly safe.
    • triceratops 1y ago
      Citation needed.
      • loeg 1y ago
        There's approximately 1.4 * 10^21 kg of water in the ocean. There's about 2.3 * 10^6 kg of waste per year. 10^-15 is a really small number. (Hell, seawater is already ~3.3 * 10^-9 uranium.)
        • triceratops 1y ago
          Why is heavy metal concentration such a problem in fish right now?
          • loeg 1y ago
            It isn't. And unlike heavy metals, nuclear waste becomes safer over time.
            • triceratops 1y ago
              Well that's a lie. https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/is-it-safe/mercury-levels-in-fish/ https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/is-it-safe/m...