Comment by JumpCrisscross

Comment by JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago

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> we still don't know where to store the trash

We really do. Nuclear waste is less toxic than plenty of trash we just bury. And calling it "waste" is a bit reductive, given it almost certainly becomes valuable to reprocess within another century or two.

hvb2 2 hours ago

No, you really do not.

Long term storage is still up in the air in the US. Yucca mountain was the plan but didn't happen

Correct me if I'm with m wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain

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  • unethical_ban 2 hours ago

    That's a political problem, not a technical one.

    We also know that we could re-cycle nuclear waste with other nuclear plant designs, but the US chooses not to.

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