Maybe this is the solution for nuclear waste discussed in another thread. But I think we need to look to the French for the answer for this problem. It also the reason that they make so many great sauces. I almost forgot the the mustard. Witch leads us to the question. Why is there only one way to spell mustard?
The solution for nuclear waste is to stop thinking of it as waste.
Just as we realized it was easier to recover materials from municipal rubbish bins than to manufacture them from virgin materials, plastic, aluminum, and steel being the primary materials treated in this way, it is also possible to recycle nuclear materials.
If the material is radioactive, then it contains energy. We need energy. The challenge is to separate the energy from the radiation. That, by the way, is the same challenge we face with solar energy.
Nuclear waste could be separated into the most energetic versus the least energetic piles. Used reactor rods are energetic. Discarded rubber gloves are not. Some materials could be incinerated in a closed system to recapture all the gases driven off. The water could be separated into pure hydrogen water and heavy water, hopefully.
Similar treatment could be accorded all the material. Once you’ve got a dry mix of ash that becomes difficult to treat further, encapsulate it with glass to form small pellets. Place a pile of these pellets together and pass a gas such as carbon dioxide over them to absorb their heat. Use that heat to turn water into steam, and use the steam to make electricity.
In other words, don’t look upon it as nuclear waste but as another source of nuclear energy. If dilute sources of energy such as solar can be made useful, then more concentrated sources of energy can also be useful.
If it weren’t concentrated, it wouldn’t be considered dangerous.
Don’t let the people who want to keep us in the dark ages win simply by using scary words.
There are other languages to spell it in.