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m0darn@lemmy.ca 13 hours agoI also don’t know a lot about the nuclear fuel life cycle, but don’t you think it might be more complicated than this?
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m0darn@lemmy.ca 13 hours agoI also don’t know a lot about the nuclear fuel life cycle, but don’t you think it might be more complicated than this?
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
I think it’s basically what we’re already doing with spent nuclear fuel. I’m not aware of any actual real life examples of this being a problem. It seems like people who do know the nuclear fuel life cycle have got it figured out and “what do we do with all this waste?” is more of a hypothetical than an actual issue.
m0darn@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
I recall that Canada was working on a long-term nuclear waste storage facility. I looked it up, it’s a 26 billion dollar project.
It’s not a hypothetical issue, it’s a political issue. Political issues are real issues.
You can’t blame Grassy Narrows first nation for opposing the location of the nuclear waste facility near their territory. It’s a community that’s been decimated by industrial waste.
I support nuclear technologies where sustainable energy isn’t feasible but I think people aren’t wrong to consider a waste a problem. It’s not an absolute showstopper, but it is something that is part of the challenge of building nuclear facilities.
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Not only this, but research into nuclear waste processing, to make it safer to dispose and maybe even recyclable, is halted. There’s no research grants going there almost at all, because of the off chance it might turn into weapon’s grade fissionable material.