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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
How much "hot" nuclear waste do you think you'd need to store, after 10 years of nuclear power plant production (assuming the lastest fast reactor technologies).
a) a small mountain
b) several train loads
c) volume equivalent to a household refrigerator
d) volume equivalent to a lunchbox
The answer is? (I enjoy seeing healthy discussions!  ) |
Hard to tell because the super phoenix line of plants recycle a lot of the waste coming out of the conventional plants (and that was more than 15yrs ago so god knows what they do now). Given that the French government made a very lucrative business of storing a lot of nuclear waste from all over the world in Normandy next to "la hague" I'd say it doesn't take much room at all. Only transit and shipping the stuff around is a real potential risk.