iirc nuclear waste isn’t really that big of an issue anymore, they just drill a really deep hole that’s like a foot across and nobody will ever see it again
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Mora@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
For huge countries as like the US: Maybe. You have enough space to also store the trash somewhere for thousands of years.
For small countries, like most of Europe, where the population density is way higher: hard pass.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Storage isn’t that much of a problem.
Also it’s contained in specific areas, some nerds are bound to wanna reuse what we now thing of as trash/spent fuel. If it’s still radioactive after it just means it radiates energy, we just didn’t commercially learned how to harness it.
Birbatron@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
I’m quite sure renewables use up way way way way more space than nuclear does, it’s like, one of the main issues.
AngryMob@lemmy.one 5 weeks ago
Those same countries that found space for all the rest of their industrial waste?
Nuclear waste has a tiny footprint. Fence off a couple square km for security, dig a small but deep hole, and there ya go.
Obviously oversimplifying, but the point is that nuclear waste is a tiny issue. The entire world’s waste could be stored in a single warehouse if we wanted to (we don’t).