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CappyNate🍁 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 94-97% of nuclear waste is recyclable. (See :Orango La Hague)

The leftover waste you vitrify. Stable, vastly shorter half life.
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Yarik Sychov 🫂 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Send the waste to space and let it float
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CappyNate🍁 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Definitely. We have the tech. Designate some distant moon. Or burn it up in the sun? Recycle and reuse the 97%. Vitrify and launch the remaining 3% waste.