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DennisP
on July 24, 2022
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More invested in nuclear fusion in last 12 months ...
Only if we never use fast reactors, which fission almost all the long-lived stuff. Take what's left, encase it in glass and bury it, and it'll be back to the radioactivity of the original ore in 300 years.
pfdietz
on July 24, 2022
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Well, except for the 7 long lived fission products. Those are possibly good targets for space disposal.
acidburnNSA
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You can separate them out and transmute them in fast reactors as well.
https://www.iaea.org/publications/7112/implications-of-parti...
pfdietz
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I suspect space disposal would be much cheaper.
DennisP
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Sure, the overall mix goes back to the radioactivity of the original ore, not a radioactivity of zero.
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