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What should countries do with their nuclear waste? (news.mit.edu)

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"Geological cycle" I always thought was measured in millions of years, when the waste has a half-life of 1000 years to 10 million years...

So much could happen in 1000 years...and it would barely make a difference for anything below 1My.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Oh, right. Still, it would be out of human reach there and a block of stone with finely distributed Uran doesn't do much to that bit of wildlife in a trench.