Nuclear Energy, Space and Humanity's Future | Robert Zubrin | The Human Progress Podcast Ep. 30
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The Cost of Nuclear Waste
The easiest way to dispose of nuclear waste is first of all to reprocess it. And then turn it into borosilicate glass, which is not water soluble put in a stainless steel can go out into the middle of the ocean and drop it. This was stopped by the Carter administration. The Department of Energy said fine, we'll have land based disposal. Okay, so storing nuclear waste underground is completely possible. We just don't do it with civilian waste. It's actually very safe and some people are starting even within the environmental movement. Some people are starting to recognize that eco modernists. They're often called 'eco modernists' Could be an ideal regulatory regime for nuclear
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