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1041 points mpweiher | 3 comments | 12 Sep 25 18:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.005s | source
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yellowapple ◴[12 Sep 25 18:51 UTC] No.45225313[source]▶
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xrisk[dead post] ◴[12 Sep 25 19:27 UTC] No.45225714[source]▶
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quickthrowman ◴[12 Sep 25 20:01 UTC] No.45226089[source]▶
The (authoritarian?) nation of Finland has already solved the problem of what to do with nuclear waste: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_re...

I watched a very interesting documentary about Onkalo, which happens to be on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayLxB9fV2y4

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1. bobmcnamara ◴[12 Sep 25 23:41 UTC] No.45227959[source]▶
Last I read Onkalo was testing empty casks and had stored zero waste for zero years.

Bit of a rush to close the GitHub ticket eh?

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2. quickthrowman ◴[13 Sep 25 01:42 UTC] No.45228631[source]▶
True, they haven’t stored any waste yet but the facility is completed.

And depending on how you look at it, it could be 100,000 years before you know for sure if it works, so my claim that it’s a ‘solved problem’ is a bit strong. I’ll retract that and say that it’s the most promising idea for nuclear waste disposal, one that that is close to beginning operations.

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3. bobmcnamara ◴[13 Sep 25 03:26 UTC] No.45229050[source]▶
It does seem like one the best designs we've had. I hope it works well.