zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoGermany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winterwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down113
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkGermany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winterwww.reuters.comzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaregnygnygny@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·11 months agoQuickly is around 100 000 years. Konrad mine, Asse II mine, WIPP are here to remind that it is not simple. The engineers who say there is no risk are the same ones who recommended dumping nuclear waste into the sea in the 1960s and 1970s.
minus-squareSneezycat@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·11 months agoI was thinking more like 30 years. With a 100 000 years half-life, the radiation amount should be small enough not to be a problem.
minus-squaregnygnygny@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoSome waste are dangerous for 300 years but other will kill you even after 100 000 ans. Some need to be store for 1 million years.
Quickly is around 100 000 years. Konrad mine, Asse II mine, WIPP are here to remind that it is not simple.
The engineers who say there is no risk are the same ones who recommended dumping nuclear waste into the sea in the 1960s and 1970s.
I was thinking more like 30 years. With a 100 000 years half-life, the radiation amount should be small enough not to be a problem.
Some waste are dangerous for 300 years but other will kill you even after 100 000 ans. Some need to be store for 1 million years.