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jrtom ([personal profile] jrtom) wrote2009-12-06 10:34 pm

interview with geoscientist on Yucca Mountain project

About "the technical nature of nuclear waste storage and what it means, on the level of geological engineering, to quarantine a hazardous material for more than one million years": http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/million-years-of-isolation-interview.html

One thing that came up in this interview that I'm ashamed to admit never occurred to me before: the US is not the only entity that has explored this problem in detail.

Anyway, it's a fascinating (if longish) interview and well worth reading if you're interested in some of the practical details and some of the questions that they've asked and answered.

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