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[–] 56 points 2 years ago (5 children)

As a friend once said "benzene is what anti-nuclear people think nuclear waste is."

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    I mean, spent fuel is actually quite lethal when not packaged, but you get something like 300-400MWh out of a kilo of fuel. And that's significantly more than I'll use in my lifetime.

    I'd gladly keep a kilo of dry-casked spent fuel in my house. It'd make an excellent coffee table or something, if a bit hard to move. I would absolutely not put a lifetime supply of benzene anywhere near my house.

    Edit: it would make a shitty coffee table. 1 kilo of uranium oxide is just under 100ml

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The density of uranium always fucks with me. How can something that takes up so little volume weigh so much?

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