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Re: Disposing of nuclear waste
You can really reduce this to 2 possibilities, keep it on the planet or get it off the planet. The second of these proposes serious risks and carries an extremely high cost. The waste generated annually is measured in tons. It is simply impactical to attemt to move tons of waste to escape velocity to get it off the planet.
This leaves storage on the planet. This can be divided into 2 possibilities as well. Surface storage or deep earth storage. Surface storage carries many risks too. Societies change. World wars come and go. To keep such dangerous material scattered across the globe would be a serious mistake.
This leaves deep storage which makes sense these materials came from the ground in the first place. It offers us the most economical and secure method of disposal. I personally do not see any other options unless there is some alternative I have missed.
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Last edited by C1ay; 02-26-2005 at 07:51 PM..
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