Why can’t nuclear waste either be neutralized or recycled in some way? I know the US is sitting on a rediculous amount of waste, so why haven’t they devised a way to make it less toxic to the environment and safer to either store or dispose of?
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They should convert the [salt mine under detroit](http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/images/salt-main.jpeg) into a long term nuclear storage facility and use the storage fees to rebuild the city. It’s 1,200 feet deep and has been stable 400 million years. The mine is directly accessible by train, interstate or sea.
The great lakes has a lot of deep salt strata that could be used for storage. Like Perry Nuclear is sitting directly over salt. It would be far better to store the spent fuel deep underground than in a pool or above ground dry storage.
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