Operated from 1972 to 1996 and produced 119 billion kilowatt hours of energy
Dry cask storage is a method for safely storing spent nuclear fuel after it has cooled for several years in water pools. Once the fuel rods are no longer producing extreme heat, they are sealed inside massive steel and concrete casks that provide both radiation shielding and passive cooling through natural air circulation—no water is needed. Each cask can weigh over 100 tons and is engineered to resist earthquakes, floods, fire, and even missile strikes. This makes it a robust interim solution until permanent deep geological repositories are available. The casks are expected to last 50–100 years, though the fuel inside remains radioactive for thousands. Dry cask storage reduces reliance on crowded spent fuel pools, provides a secure above-ground option, and buys time for nations to develop long-term disposal strategies. In essence, it’s a durable, self-contained “vault” for nuclear waste
We have disposal technology, it just isn't economical or politically supported: the material can be reprocessed, splitting it into the transuranic elements. The uranium and plutonium can be reused as fuel, americium and other elements with industrial use directed as such. The waste left that has no use can then be stored in a smaller footprint... And as a bonus to reprocessing, would only be hazardously radioactive for 150 years rather than thousands.
All that shit costs money. Just toss the waste wherever and wait for public funds to appear, amiright?
But when 8 years of wind turbine blades pile up its not a problem?
They're recyclable.
So is nuclear waste yet plenty of people here seem to act like that's not relevant despite more nuclear waste being reprocessed than decommissioned wind turbines.
nuclear waste is more recyclable than wind turbines?
Maybe it has more subsidies for recycling?
If these float, these could make some awesome artificial islands or parts of piers. Could also form the basis for reefs with a bit of modification.
They’re glass reinforced epoxy (plastic). Id rather not add those to the ocean except in the form of floating boats.