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To: djk@Nitro.CtEdge.COM

 > Three of the six existing commercial nuclear waste dumps in
 > the U.S. have already been shut down due to catastrophic failure
 > and the rest will be closed in the near future.  With current
 > technology the safest way to dispose of existing reactors is to
 > entomb them where they stand and guard them for a few hundred
 > thousand years.

 d> I know this is probably a feat of engineering.. But in sci.fusion
 d> I recently saw what I think is an excellent solution.. Bury the
 d> waste in subduction zones. By the time it comes back up it there
 d> will be nothing left of the radioactive properties and most likely
 d> the stuff wont even be composed of the same elements!

I have heard about this idea, but not being a scientist or whatever 
it takes I can't say if it would work or not.  My laymans guess is 
that by the time it went under the radioactivity would have been 
already dissipated.  Also, these areas are unstable and the possibility
of premature release seems likely.

I think the best thing to do is just not to use nuclear power
until some way is found to completely neutralize the radioactive
waste.
  
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