Re: Mulitlevel Waste Disposal (Repost)



On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:46 -0500, "Amused"
<Amused@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Gather up all the high level nuclear waste. Drill a large (ish) hole into
base granite. Oh, about 10,000 feet down. (Might have to drill a couple
of holes.) Have a big public debate on how deep to drill the holes.

A thought: What would be the ramifications of placing radioactive
waste into a number of couple-thousand feet deep "wells" on the
subducting side of a plate boundary?
--
Mr.E
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