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by Nimelrian 2769 days ago
Longer-lived would be thousands of years for the steel structure until it is manually handable. 50-100 years for remote handling.

> It was shown that wait times are required in the order 50–100 years for the remote handling recycling option and hundreds (Li4SiO4) to thousands (Eurofer) years for hands-on handling.

Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(02)01273-4