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The problem with nuclear waste is that you need a 0% failure rate or you might detonate a dirty bomb in the atmosphere. It doesn't matter how often it worked if
by wukerplank 12y ago
The problem with nuclear waste is that you need a 0% failure rate or you might detonate a dirty bomb in the atmosphere. It doesn't matter how often it worked if it fails once.
Also it's a great target for sabotage for radicals.
- lmm 12y ago> you might detonate a dirty bomb in the atmosphere Which would put less radioactive material up there than coal power plants already do as a matter of course.
- wongarsu 12y agoBut it's a bit hard to say at which altitude the failure would occur. Plenty of rockets have exploded on the launch pad.