Comment by nandomrumber
3 days ago
The nuclear waste issue is such a non-issue that the overwhelming majority of nuclear waste, the actual spent fuel, is stored on site at the nuclear power plants.
Long lived nuclear waste just isn't that radioactive, and highly reactive nuclear waste products just aren't that long lived.
If the waste is vitrified (glassified) it becomes basically chemically non-reactive too.
This is an important point that a lot of people don't seem to understand. The longest live materials that are the hardest store are the least dangerous.
Least dangerous. I recommend storing them in a shed next to your home. Thanks for stepping up. We appreciate you.
You are acting like this is some kind of gotcha...I literally would do this for extremely reasonable sums. Unless you are grinding up and swallowing these materials (which requires that you first break into their storage casks), they are not at all dangerous.
Happily. As long as I also receive a billion dollar check and the necessary permits for digging a ridiculously deep shaft straight down.
The issues surrounding long term storage are almost entirely political.
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