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Nuclear waste management

April 27th 2006 15:35
The UK government has been advised to dispose of nuclear waste underground, the New Scientist reports.

The advice was given by the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, who believe that deep disposal is the best long-term plan to manage waste from nuclear power and weapons. Waste is to be stored in a hole between 300 – 2000 meters deep. Safe storage depends on the stability of surrounding geological formations to prevent the contamination of water.


Nuclear waste can be minimised by reprocessing part of it so that it may be reused. Even so, the disposal of radioactive waste remains an issue as even a small amount can be a massive health hazard if not disposed of correctly. 11 countries, including the US, Russia, Japan, Australia, France and Germany, currently use the deep disposal method for managing nuclear waste.

Alternatives to nuclear power include usage of non-renewable resources such as coal, oil and gas, the very difficult harvesting of hydro-electric power, and largely unreliable solar power. If only we could harvest the “green” energy from black-holes…
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