There were natural nuclear reaction in the past in underground rivers. The contamination didn't travel very far. That's (water) always been a big issue with selecting waste disposal sites like the one in Nevada. It should no longer be a concern.
Scientific America: "In all, the observations boost confidence that many kinds of dangerous nuclear waste can be successfully sequestered underground".
So, doesn't "boost confidence" = we haven't figured it out yet? And doesn't that mean that none of the currently existing nuclear waste is "successfully sequestered"?
QED the waste problem is currently a problem. Contrary to the title of your post.
Most of the non-volatile fission products and actinides have only moved centimeters in the veins during the last 2 billion years.[4] Studies have suggested this as a useful natural analogue for nuclear waste disposal.[
tritium isn't a normal fission by-product. It's the product of an enrichment process which is only enriched to increase the yield of a hydrogen bomb warhead. In other words, it's created as part of a weapons program, not an energy one.
As for California's "Standard" as to acceptable levels of tritium in the water...
Tritium drinking water limits by country[41] Country Tritium limit (Bq/l) Australia 76,103 [b] Japan 60,000 Finland 100 World Health Organization 10,000 Switzerland 10,000 Russia 7,700 Canada (Ontario) 7,000 United States 740
How does this prove nuclear waste isn't a problem?
ReplyDeleteThere were natural nuclear reaction in the past in underground rivers. The contamination didn't travel very far. That's (water) always been a big issue with selecting waste disposal sites like the one in Nevada. It should no longer be a concern.
ReplyDeleteScientific America: "In all, the observations boost confidence that many kinds of dangerous nuclear waste can be successfully sequestered underground".
ReplyDeleteSo, doesn't "boost confidence" = we haven't figured it out yet? And doesn't that mean that none of the currently existing nuclear waste is "successfully sequestered"?
QED the waste problem is currently a problem. Contrary to the title of your post.
Haw many sigma does it boost it? 6 sigma is absolute scientific confidence.
ReplyDeleteSo nuclear waste CAN be stored 100 percent safely? Who knew?
ReplyDeleteExactly. It doesn't contaminate ground water, the radioactive particles are trapped in place.
ReplyDeleteThe Independent is practicing pure agnotology.
ReplyDeleteMost of the non-volatile fission products and actinides have only moved centimeters in the veins during the last 2 billion years.[4] Studies have suggested this as a useful natural analogue for nuclear waste disposal.[
ReplyDeleteBullshit.
ReplyDeletetritium isn't a normal fission by-product. It's the product of an enrichment process which is only enriched to increase the yield of a hydrogen bomb warhead. In other words, it's created as part of a weapons program, not an energy one.
ReplyDeleteOn tritium.
ReplyDeleteYou'll note that the half-life of tritium is barely 12 years, therefore it wouldn't be a contaminant for long.
ReplyDeleteAs for California's "Standard" as to acceptable levels of tritium in the water...
ReplyDeleteTritium drinking water limits by country[41]
Country Tritium limit
(Bq/l)
Australia 76,103 [b]
Japan 60,000
Finland 100
World Health Organization 10,000
Switzerland 10,000
Russia 7,700
Canada (Ontario) 7,000
United States 740