Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ...
by pfdietz on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:35AM
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Don't bury it. The biggest problem with that is the heat builds up. Just keep it near the surface, where the heat can be dissipated.
In 300 years, the fission products are mostly gone (except for 7 "long lived fission products" with halflives in the 10^5 years or longer), so the waste is much easier to reprocess or otherwise dispose of. The problem then is that the radioactivity has dropped so much that amateur diversion of plutonium becomes a concern.
In 300 years, the fission products are mostly gone (except for 7 "long lived fission products" with halflives in the 10^5 years or longer), so the waste is much easier to reprocess or otherwise dispose of. The problem then is that the radioactivity has dropped so much that amateur diversion of plutonium becomes a concern.