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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not sure where they got those numbers.

All nuclear waste produced to date isn't 500-1500 cubic meters.

As to storage. Just bury it again. We dug it up, we can bury it. There are a few places that are currently doing just that.

Or, here a wild idea. Just burn the waste. It's something like 90% unburned fuel, just reprocess it and burn it.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just burn the waste

Wouldn't that like... eradiate our whole fucking atmosphere? O.o

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They're talking about recycling the fuel and putting it back into the reactors. Unfortunately it's cheaper to mine fresh fuel than to reprocess used fuel ... as long as you just ignore the waste problem.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Well, any waste problem is a hell of a lot better than what we're doing to the atmosphere.

Coal should be illegal now.