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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You have to wait for it to decay away. There’s really no way for it to be “neutralized” in the sense that you can neutralize an acid or base.
There are some core designs out there that could operate on unenriched Uranium and other versions of waste (like heavy water).But apparently nuclear power is scary, so it seems like it might be a dying power source.
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