Posted on 02/20/2010 11:09:33 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Need to factor the amount of time that it would take to come out - it is in the magnitude of millions of years - not a worry then.
OOPS! Sorry, good buddy.
Yes; I mentioned that in my posts #37 & #49.
Hehehehe. no problem.
Why can’t we put it on a rocket and aim it toward the sun?
Too heavy.
I know. I just wasn’t thinking clearly at the time. I believe it was almost three in the morning here. I also was under the mistaken assumption that Satin Doll’s idea was that the nuke material would be subducted. And that that was how it would be buried or otherwise made safe.
BTW: I didn’t know Godzilla was a FReeper! How on Earth do you manage to type the little keys without smashing the whole damn keyboard?
:)
We can, but we shouldn't, because that'd be like putting barrels of crude oil on a rocket and aiming it toward the sun.
Coal ash has enough nuclear fuel in it to potentially produce more heat than the coal that was burned to generate the ash, due to naturally-occurring traces of uranium and thorium in the coal. So just imagine how much potential heat remains in spent nuclear fuel which has had only about 3% of its potential energy extracted.
Spent nuclear fuel is a natural resource, so why rocket it into the Sun where it'll be rendered absolutely useless?
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