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A comment on Ask HN: Why can't nuclear waste be launched into the sun?.

Re:Ask HN: Why can't nuclear waste be launched into the sun? by happy_path on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:03AM (#24895183)
Side question, and what about sending nuclear waste to a volcano?
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Re:Ask HN: Why can't nuclear waste be launched into the sun? by qu-everything on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:43AM (#24897391)
great! Now if there is an eruption, we have radioactive ashes in the atmosphere. perfect!
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Re:Ask HN: Why can't nuclear waste be launched into the sun? by nodelessness on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:16AM (#24896382)
And now you have radioactive magma. Rock mixed with radioactive nuclear residue elements. It doesn't "disappear". It is not being burnt out of existence. It is still radioactive at a atomic level.
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Re:Ask HN: Why can't nuclear waste be launched into the sun? by Someone on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:44AM (#24896071)
The volcano might explode a day/month/year/decade/century later.
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