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"Ross Bradley" <ross@tarms.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> A similar idea, but use a former uranium mine as the repository.  Bind the
> waste into a glass/ceramic base (e.g.. Synrock (sp?)) and inter it at the
ex
> mine.  If it is diluted enough with the binding agent then the waste could
> actually be less radioactive than the extracted ore, i.e. the dump would
> actually reduce the amount of radiation in the environment.  Also if
> plutonium (half life 24,000 years?) and replaced the U238 (half life 4.3
> billion years?) then you could argue that the site would be safer sooner
> :-).
>
> How fast to sub-sea subduction zones (if that is the correct term) move.
> i.e. drum of waste was buried where one part of the crust moves under
> another part a few km underwater, how long would it take the waste to move
> under the crust.  For that matter, aren't most sub-sea oil wells stable?
If
> they weren't stable for a geological age then the oil would leak out.

The idea of using subduction zones has been well studied. It would be
impossible to implement (my opinion) because of environmental concerns, even
though it is near/at the top of the methods for permanent disposal.