aza@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoWhat should countries do with their nuclear waste?news.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up154
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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-222 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-up3·edit-221 days 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-up3·edit-221 days 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.