Albbi@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoVolcano Erupts in Iceland Near Power Plant, in ‘Worst-Case Scenario’www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkVolcano Erupts in Iceland Near Power Plant, in ‘Worst-Case Scenario’www.nytimes.comAlbbi@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarepan_troglodytes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agothere’s good ways to store the nuclear waste but they’re not politically acceptable. easier to just let it pile up and make it someone else’s problem.
minus-squarestevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoReally? News to me, got anything specifically I can look at or research more?
minus-squarepan_troglodytes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agowell there’s glassifying it (encapsulating the waste in an obsidian/glass container), burying it deep, deep underground in a seismically neutral/void area, and the ever popular launching it into the Sun.
minus-squarestevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoHow long does that obsidian glass container last? And would sending additional entropy to the sun really be without consequence?
there’s good ways to store the nuclear waste but they’re not politically acceptable. easier to just let it pile up and make it someone else’s problem.
Really? News to me, got anything specifically I can look at or research more?
well there’s glassifying it (encapsulating the waste in an obsidian/glass container), burying it deep, deep underground in a seismically neutral/void area, and the ever popular launching it into the Sun.
How long does that obsidian glass container last?
And would sending additional entropy to the sun really be without consequence?