Yucca Mountain

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Originally posted by Hubris Boy
I don't have any strong opinions about this either way... I think I can see the value of having all this crap consolidated in one place. Yucca Mountain certainly meets MY basic requirements for a nuclear waste storage facility:
A) It's far away from me and;
B) It's far away from me.

The Soviets also thought it was a good idea to store waste all in one place. The resulting explosion contaminated an area I believe may be 100 miles in diameter.

Yucca Mountain - is it upwind of you?

Problem is that waste will remain radioactive for too many centuries. In the meantime, the containers that will hold waste in Yucca Mountain will deteriorate many times. This increases probability of a Soviet like explosion.

But what other options do we have? None. This was the defacto decision because after decades of mining, Yucca Mountain remains the only alternative.

BTW, just another reason why we so desperately need accelerated research in quantum physics. Just another problem that the ISS will not solve.