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posted ago by IM_A_TRIVIAL_PURSUIT ago by IM_A_TRIVIAL_PURSUIT +1627 / -1

THE FRENCH HAVE BEEN USING NUCLEAR POWER SAFELY FOR MANY MANY DECADES (70% OF THEIR POWER).

USE THAT TYPE OF REACTOR.

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IM_A_TRIVIAL_PURSUIT [S] 1 point ago +2 / -1

JUST MIX IT WITH DIRT / WHATEVER UNTIL IT IS AT THE SAME CONCENTRATION AS IT WAS BEFORE WE DUG IT UP AND BUILD 'NUCLEAR MOUNTAINS' UPON WHICH TO BUILD SOLAR FARMS AND WIND FARMS.

THE PROBLEMS WITH NUCLEAR WASTE IS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO STORE SUPER CONCENTRATED WASTE IN THE SMALLEST SPACE POSSIBLE.

PROBLEM FIXED.

THIS IDEA IS OWNED BY ME AND I WILL LICENSE IT OUT FOR BIG MOULAH.

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Trumpy_Bear 3 points ago +3 / -0

Actually this isn't that crazy. They already do this with certain contaminated soils - they mix it with cement and solidify it into a series of "caps" - the solid nature of the cement prevents offgassing from botht hte cement itself and the contaminated soil below

Any usage of said facilities would have to have short shifts by workers followed by longer breaks because of the regulations involved. But it's not that far-fetched

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IM_A_TRIVIAL_PURSUIT [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

IT'S NOT A CRAZY IDEA AT ALL!

JUST THINK ABOUT WHERE URANIUM ORE CAME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT WAS SAFELY BURIED UNDERGROUND IN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF TONS OF DIRT, 'DILUTED' TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT STANDING DIRECTLY ON TOP OF IT CAUSED NO HARM AT ALL, SHORT OR LONG TERM.

THE PROBLEM WITH CURRENT NUCLEAR WASTE PROCEDURES IS, AS I SAID, THAT IT IS HIGHLY REFINED AND CONCENTRATED NUCLEAR MATERIAL, THAT THEY TRY TO STORE IN THE SMALLEST SPACE POSSIBLE.

GO THE OTHER WAY, MIX IT WITH DIRT SO THAT IT IS SO 'DILUTED' THAT EXPOSURE TO IT IS HARMLESS. YOU WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO USE CONCRETE, WHICH IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO CONCENTRATE IT INTO RADIOACTIVE BLOCKS.

THERE'S PLENTY OF DIRT.

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VolareVia 3 points ago +3 / -0

Good idea. Too bad you put it out here and now it's officially not your idea anymore. That's how mafia... I mean IP works.

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Isaiah53 1 point ago +1 / -0

Or just wait for an earthquake and let it melt into the earth like Fukushima.

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Husky 1 point ago +1 / -0

Is this 4chan