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by ljf 3493 days ago
The waste isn't just the spent fuel though - see my other comments...
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The total volume of which would fit in an apartment block. That block could be dropped into the marina trench if you really are that paranoid, total cost a few million dollars.

There is no conceivable way of removing even daily worldwide human carbon waste from the atmosphere for that kind of money.

72000 metric tons - would that be safe to place together in a single container? http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/Nuclear-Statistics/On-Si...

Sure the physical size of a spent fuel might be 'small' but this is not the only issue.

And the low level waste - of which there is approx 360000 tons? Would the Mariana Trench would be a good/safe place to place this? Based on what reckoning?

No you can dump low level waste under 1m of topsoil, and build a hospital or school or kindergarten on top of it. That's why its called low-level waste.

>> And the low level waste - of which there is approx 360000 tons? Would the Mariana Trench would be a good/safe place to place this? Based on what reckoning?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_...