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[Buckeye McFrog]

Armies of geologists have studied this, and Yucca Mountain in Nevada is just about the ideal place to store this stuff. Provides the best geologic protection and gets less than an inch of rain per year.

Only problem is it can’t get by Harry Reid.

[ryan71]

Nope. Makes too much sense. Can’t do it.

[central_va]

Might discover oil in the process!

[MortMan]

We did, but she keeps climbing out. Nobody wants to et close enough to hog tie Pelosi before we try again...

[kjam22]

I would vote for dropping our nuclear waste from a plane over certain areas of the middle east....

[kjam22]

I would vote for dropping our nuclear waste from a plane over certain areas of the middle east....

[kjam22]

I would vote for dropping our nuclear waste from a plane over certain areas of the middle east....

[Alex Murphy]

Deep borehole disposal is simple. Drill a very deep hole – 3 miles or so – put the waste in it and fill it up with some special layers, but mainly crushed rock and cement. As geologists, we know how many millions of years it takes for anything to get up from that depth in the Earth’s crust.

It didn't work out so well for our moon sixteen years ago. What makes us think it'll work for the Earth?

[blueunicorn6]

Godzira!

[Don Corleone]

Even simpler, encase the waste in glass drums and sink them in the deepest parts of the ocean. There is plenty of sand to make the glass and no shortage of ocean depths.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Sweden has done something like this but on a grand scale. But that is because Sweden’s mountains are thick and granite, a very hard rock. And the Swedes are very good hard rock miners. As deep as 500 meters.

The Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory.

http://i.imgur.com/hWoxgjl.gif

The Forsmark Repository.

http://i.imgur.com/UfWnDDj.jpg

[Vince Ferrer]

I have also seen plans to drill down into the crust near subduction zones of tectonic plates out in the ocean. The plates are the ones going back down into the crust, so waste deposited into them will go back down into the crust with it.

[ElkGroveDan]

It’s a great idea. But the nervous nannies who rule us all will cry and wring their hands and say, “Oh sure it sounds good, but you just never know what could happen down the road.” No matter what you say or how much evidence you give them, that is their answer. And right now our nation is full of them — of all political persuasions.

[william clark]

Personally, I’ve always thought just shooting it off into the sun was a good idea. Granted, you don’t want to be around if something goes wrong with the launch, but...

[JimRed]

Can’t they keep reprocessing it until it is mostly inert?