aza@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat should countries do with their nuclear waste?news.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkWhat should countries do with their nuclear waste?news.mit.eduaza@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareDeebsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt also has a decent chance of a rocket failure spreading radiation throughout the upper atmosphere in exactly the way we’ve figured out you shouldn’t do.
minus-squareCrozekiel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoLogical next step, build all the nuclear reactors in space?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe problem with that is getting the energy down to earth. Also what to do with the excess heat, because you don’t have an environment to cool it.
It also has a decent chance of a rocket failure spreading radiation throughout the upper atmosphere in exactly the way we’ve figured out you shouldn’t do.
Logical next step, build all the nuclear reactors in space?
The problem with that is getting the energy down to earth. Also what to do with the excess heat, because you don’t have an environment to cool it.
Spinlaunch it?