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I recall reading some proposal for dumping nuclear waste in the Marianas Trench. The rational had something to do with tectonic shifting eventually pushing the
by jeffreyrogers 13y ago
I recall reading some proposal for dumping nuclear waste in the Marianas Trench. The rational had something to do with tectonic shifting eventually pushing the waste into the Earth's mantle.
- rdl 13y agoThe subduction zone off Vancouver, BC is also a place for this, and off Chile is even better. The problem is the subduction zones are very slow -- on the order of 25 meters per 100 years, at most. The waste isn't particularly threatening past 10-20k years. I still believe in reprocessing as the best solution.