Re:Deep Borehole Disposal
by fnord77 on Monday January 13, 2020 @01:46PM
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rather than hiding it down some hole or in a cave where it will be forgotten until it starts seeping into the aquifer, why not create a containment system that's right out in the open so everyone can keep an eye on it and maintain it?
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Re:Deep Borehole Disposal
by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday January 13, 2020 @02:17PM
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The way I understand it, we expect that our waste will outlast our civilisation and that having it lying around in the open will endanger the civilisation(s) that (we fervently hope) will follow.
See wikipedia pages and references for work on this:
Long-time nuclear waste warning messages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warnin...
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - Warning messages for future humans:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#Wa...
Also, examples of proposed hostile architecture here:
https://wipp.energy.gov/pdfs/site_markers.pdf
And the full permanent markers implementation plan, here:
https://wipp.energy.gov/library/PermanentMarkersImplementati...