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02-26-2005

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Re: Disposing of nuclear waste

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Originally Posted by C1ay

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.

I know it is still in the drawing stages, but a space elevator might help get it launched.

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