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A comment on Finland's plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k years. Parent comment

Re:Finland's plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k years by bluGill on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:52PM (#36365995)
Uranium came out of the ground as well, and there were natural reactors.
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Re:Finland's plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100k years by fsh on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:00AM (#36368235)
Nuclear waste does not consist of Uranium, but of the much more radioactive fission products. The Okla natural reactor went critical for the last time around 2 billion years ago. Indeed, nuclear waste is not a problem if you can wait for 2 billion years.
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