Re:Deep Decarbonization: A Realistic Way Forward on Climate ...
by manfredo on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @01:23PM
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Bury it underground. The amount of waste generated by nuclear power is a fraction of 1% of all the toxic waste generated by heavy industry. The entirety of the United States' nuclear waste from electricity generation occupies a volume the size of a football field in footprint and 10 yards high [1]. A coal plants generates this much waste every hour.
1. https://www.nei.org/fundamentals/nuclear-waste