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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Did we ever figure out toxic waste disposal?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    we tried to, then the state we were gonna stick it all in said "eh maybe we don't want to the country's home for spent fuel, considering how it will stay hot for tens of thousands of years.

    so our solution was to just... ignore it. store it in cooling pools at every plant spread all over the country. because hundreds of different waste holding ponds are SURE to be better than the thing we were planning lol.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    solved for quite some time. it gets mixed with concrete and stuck in a bigger concrete container called a "dry cask".

    Link, because I believe in "outsourcing critical thinking".

    https://youtu.be/lhHHbgIy9jU?si=Qc0-Z6rVcmS3x78R

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

    Has this been demonstrated to last as long as the waste is radioactive?

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

    it literally lasts forever, forever as in humankind existence on the planet

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    Technically? Yes. Well enough anyway.

    Politically? Only if you live in Finland.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Those Fins always seem to have it figured out

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