If the container leaks, radionuclides might seep out which could be bad news (flowing with currents or ingested by fish).
Solving the political issues at Yucca would be a great permanent solution to waste.
Solving the political issues at Yucca would be a great permanent solution to waste.
I'm terrified of what's happening in at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. My friends (who work on this issue) tell me that when the toxic plum seeps thru the water table all the way to the Columbia River, everything down stream becomes uninhabitable. That's Portland, Vancouver (WA), etc.
I really want someone to figure out how to turn all that crap into glass trinkets and then drop into deepest ocean.