One should not store the nuclear waste, one should reprocess it.
If one looks at France, for example, one can see that they have been doing this quite successfully for 30+ years.
It's not a know-how problem, it's a political problem.
If one looks at France, for example, one can see that they have been doing this quite successfully for 30+ years.
It's not a know-how problem, it's a political problem.
The "use once and store" attitude that results in needing safe places for highly radioactive material for 100's of thousands of years is insane, when you can just use the stuff until it's "worn out" and the resulting lower level waste only needs caring for for some small handful of decades.
And we need more fast-breeder reactors, too, FWIW.