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Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The ammount of radioactive waste is tiny relative to normal dumps, and as described before, it is easy to deal with, dig a deep hole, put the waste in it, refill it.

Boom problem solved.

I wish it were that simple. Meanwhile, in reality:

https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/scientists-say-nuclear-fuel-pools-around-the-country-pose-safety-and-health-risks/

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/safer-storage-spent-nuclear-fuel

https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002000640

https://blog.ucsusa.org/dlochbaum/possible-source-of-leaks-at-spent-fuel-pools-at/

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1209/ML120970249.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK373720/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am very confused now, you link to articles talking about storage pool issues, but I never mentioned storage pools.

I am talking about what they are doing in Finland.

They have drilled a very deep hole in the bedrock, built vaults where they will put cey casks of nuclear waste, then they will backfill the hole and tunnels with clay.

This is how you do it.

No one considers a storage pool as permanent storage.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

THE WORLD IS NOT FINLAND.

Unless you're volunteering to take the world's radioactive waste, stop thinking the world is finland, jfc you're worse than an american

And yeah, storage pools WORLDWIDE are being used as defacto permanent storage. That's what you call it when you have no plan to move the shit.

gonna block you now, you're either too dense to realize there's a whole world outside your tiny country, or deliberately obtuse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Since the start of this thread I have been advocating for building a facility here in Scandinavia to permanently store all nuclear waste globally.

At least TRY to read my posts before whining uselessly!