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>>10509199

We do know where to put all that nuclear waste: Deep Borehole Disposal. Drill a 3 miles or so deep hole and nothing will come up for millions of years. It doesn’t matter where you put it in the country. At that depth, you’re so deep in the crust that the overlying rocks don’t matter. The water table doesn’t matter. The climate doesn’t matter. Human activities don’t matter. By the time they pop up to the surface they will be no trace of radiation left.

>>5033238

All it would take is one rocket malfunctioning and you'd have yourself a nuclear rainfall over a massive area of land. It's not safe enough. The safe option we have (but aren't implementing) is placing the spent fuel in deep boreholes. This is the best option we have for disposing of nuclear waste.