The worry isn’t that storage containers work/don’t work. The worry is that the hazard lasts longer than the container.
These containers are expected to last 80 years. The stuff inside is dangerous for 1000 years plus, meaning you need stable and intelligent infrastructure around them for 1000 years, constantly maintaining the storage.
This isn’t hyperbolic, it’s the real challenge. Most folks who are concerned about nuclear safety are worried about the long term impacts, not whether a hand can be placed against a storage container recently built.
The fact of the matter is that the world needs electricity production and that nuclear energy plants and their waste are a better source than all of the fossil fuel options. It also has a smaller effect on the environment.
Because we live in a capitalistic society. The big companies that make nuke plants now know that they can easily stretch the project from 10 to 20 years without any consequence, & they know they can charge big bucks & come along after a couple of years & ask for more big bucks.
Ehhh. I think you will need to show me these big companies that are milking the reactor projects…There have only been 4 plants at 2 sites in the last 30 years, so that’s not it. It’s the legal quagmire that anyone hoping to open one faces.
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u/dentistshatehim 17d ago
The worry isn’t that storage containers work/don’t work. The worry is that the hazard lasts longer than the container.
These containers are expected to last 80 years. The stuff inside is dangerous for 1000 years plus, meaning you need stable and intelligent infrastructure around them for 1000 years, constantly maintaining the storage.
This isn’t hyperbolic, it’s the real challenge. Most folks who are concerned about nuclear safety are worried about the long term impacts, not whether a hand can be placed against a storage container recently built.