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by ageofwant 3498 days ago
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.
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ljf 3498 days ago
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?

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ageofwant 3497 days ago
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_...

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