aza@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat should countries do with their nuclear waste?news.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhat should countries do with their nuclear waste?news.mit.eduaza@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDiluting it with stone or whatever and putting it in a deep sea trench so it gets back in the geological cycle as soon as possible, is not an option?
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 day ago“Geological cycle” I always thought was measured in millions of years, when the waste has a half-life of 1000 years to 10 million years… So much could happen in 1000 years…and it would barely make a difference for anything below 1My.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 hours agoOh, right. Still, it would be out of human reach there and a block of stone with finely distributed Uran doesn’t do much to that bit of wildlife in a trench.
Diluting it with stone or whatever and putting it in a deep sea trench so it gets back in the geological cycle as soon as possible, is not an option?
“Geological cycle” I always thought was measured in millions of years, when the waste has a half-life of 1000 years to 10 million years…
So much could happen in 1000 years…and it would barely make a difference for anything below 1My.
Oh, right. Still, it would be out of human reach there and a block of stone with finely distributed Uran doesn’t do much to that bit of wildlife in a trench.