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NMR Shows That Nuclear Storage Degrades
eldavojohn writes to point out recent research using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imagery that shows that certain nuclear waste storage containers may not be as safe as previously thought. From the article: "[R]adiation emitted from [plutonium] waste could transform one candidate storage material into less durable glass after just 1,400 years — much more quickly than thought... The problem is that the radioactive waste damages the matrix that contains it. Many of the waste substances, including plutonium-239, emit alpha radiation, which travels for only very short distances (barely a few hundredths of a millimeter) in the ceramic, but creates havoc along the way."
...should store the waste at the dark side of the moon.
I suggest to build a moon base near the dump yard to for
observing. Since there is a lot of radiactive waste, there should be
more than one yard, so the first one should be named Alpha-1.
Yes, yes, we know the problems with this. But what about the benefits? While there may be some negative health benefits, the super hero population is only bound to grow with this recent discovery.
You can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs, and you can't make super mutants with laser vision without cracking some radioactive material storage facilities. Let's take a balanced look at this.
you were probably a fan of storing dates as 2 characters in the 90s a well...
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The American government honours treaties now?
- chrish
Hyper-sensitive man! Able to look through an obvious joke with his penetrating sarcasm ignoring vision! No internet joke is safe!
I kid, I kid...
Personally, if I was the EO(Evil Overlord) of the USA, I'd institute...
Good news, the position for new EO is opening next year. So far, yours is the best platform, if you are interested.
We do not need 1400 years to find a much better way to dispose of this material. What will happen when we invent the technology(rail gun) to accelerate the material faster than escape velocity and than just launch the material into the sun. Future generations will be so bored that they will welcome this problem just to have something to do.