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solarkraft
What’s the waste disposal story nowadays?
himinlomax
Waste always was an overblown problem. The amount generated is small, particularly compared to the amount of energy generated.
piyuv
When do you see waste being a problem? 100, 1000, 10000 years?

If you see that waste becomes a problem before the sun explodes, then it is not an overblown problem.

avery17
Never? It's already a solved problem.
zamadatix
My Halloween pumpkin is also going to decay before the sun explodes but that is neither here no there to whether the problem of dealing with its waste is overblown.
himinlomax
You just dig a hole in the ground in a suitable location (e.g. one that hasn't budged in a million year), fill up the hole and that's it.

Not exactly rocket surgery.

Jemm
Very lucrative business with millions spent on research, outreach, politics.... and then finally ultimately sticks spent fuel into barrels and stores them somewhere for future generations.
avery17
Dry cask storage is very safe and effective.
dsq
"Truth will out". In the end, it will become more and more clear that the best solution for low emission, highly available, robust energy production is nuclear power in its varied forms. Best for the environment, best for civilization.
piyuv
I’ve played enough fallout, I’m good
chucke1992
Now we can nuke a database to the orbit for real
dsq
If SpaceX finally succeeds in driving down costs of moving matter to space, we can find a faroff place and store the really hazardous waste there.
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