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Re:U.S. Reenters the Nuclear Fuel Game by acidburnNSA on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:27PM (#38272955)
We're aligned on that metric. I'm using the 'less radioactive than the ore from which it was mined' as the metric here as well. It's between 10,000 and 100,000 years.
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Re:U.S. Reenters the Nuclear Fuel Game by eru on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @01:00AM (#38273768)
Though couldn't you get under 'less radioactive than the ore from which it was mined' by just mixing your waste with a big enough quantity of eg ocean water?
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Re:U.S. Reenters the Nuclear Fuel Game by acidburnNSA on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @09:32PM (#38285266)
No, because this metric is normalized as radiotoxicity per tonne of heavy metal. You could dilute it with lots of tonnes of natural or depleted uranium, I suppose, to game it.
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Re:U.S. Reenters the Nuclear Fuel Game by eru on Thursday November 16, 2023 @08:03PM (#38297918)
Interesting, thanks!

I guess that specific metric would make heavy water infinitely radioactive?

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