Can we dispose of nuclear waste in volcanoes ?

it is good only for as long as nothing wrong happen . Have you forget about the Chernobyl disaster? having a nuclear reactor next to your house , is it same as living next to a volcano . it's only matter of time . It's been more than twenty years since that's happened. Nuclear accidents aren't the norm and there are many sites all over the world. As FootBeef said, as well as others who commented on the actual article, nuclear waste can and should be recycled. Then this need to dispose of what isn't really waste can be eliminated.

Excellent way to put radioactive matter into the atmosphere.

That is a fantastic idea! Really why would the nuclear waste have to be melted? Wouldn't spent uranium rods quickly sink? If they were dropped near the middle of a active volcanic crater, wouldn't it go down into the vent the magma is coming out of? Wouldn't it disappear from the face of the Earth, effectively, forever? In the worse case scenario, the unmelted rods are stored in the volcano where no one can recover them. I think the idea has merit. It seems mostly doom sayers who go, "It is unstable! It go Boom!", who are against this. The worst that will happen would be that the magma might g... [More]

A little off topic but has anyone considered this as a possible solution to the world's trash problem? no more landfills just throw it in a volcano. If one is concerened with the release of chemicals when the trash is dropped in could we possibly create some sort of sealed dome over a stable lave tube?

we already know how to get rid of radioactive waste without stock piling it or buring it or throwing it into a volcanoe. but if we did this the price of uranimium would drop drastically. which is why carter outlawed it, by presidental order.

we already know how to get rid of radioactive waste without stock piling it or buring it or throwing it into a volcanoe. but if we did this the price of uranimium would drop drastically. which is why carter outlawed it, by presidental order. You forgot ocean dumping. I hear it was very popular in the 60's - 80's... Now it's back to haunt us...

No NT nuclear waste dump http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=nf&gid=10150106653475341 Outraged' NT Govt promises nuclear waste dump fight http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1481671.htm If I had wanted to make my family and myself sick.,. we would have shoved our heads in to the Microwave on high for a few hours!! Tsk,tsk!! I dont have to worry because our local governmentt are going to do It for us.,. How generous!!!

Can you imagine the toxic steam.,,. smoke and acid rain this would cause.,. the surrounding air would be unbreathable, the farming lands and the soil. The global wind currents and how far they travel could be a disaster. Whats to say we dont accidently gum up the volcano and It plugs and blows a hole right through to the opposite side of the globe.. "Peek aboo".,. China we can seeee yoooou! good one sis!!!......bit like asking if a bear ****'s in the woods.........

good one sis!!!......bit like asking if a bear ****'s in the woods......... I'm devastated they even thought about it let alone look in to it. The talk of a fee.,. and being paid to take this [with respect] NW for the US! It doesnt seem right. I admit being in the middle of no where away from the smog and fumes is the reason I like this clean.,. ancient environment. Another thing.,. Tennant Ck sits on top of the same water basin as PNG we get gorguz water and they want to let NW seep in to our.,. washing machines.,. bathrooms and our drinking supply! Very scary.,. no amount of money is worth t... [More]

You know, I can just picture the brainstorming session: Guy 1: So, what are we gonna do with all that radioactive waste? Cmon guys, think! Guy 2: We could just dump it into the ocean, nobody cares about it, right? Guy 3: Nah, then we might poison the fish, and I own 20% of a fish stick production company. Guy 1: How about we fund research into neutralizing it? Guy 2: Too expensive. Guy 3: Let's just buy some storage space in a suburb. Once people get cancer, we can just send some cash to a few dudes to find out a correlation between all these people and blame it. Like, if they all eat tortilla... [More]