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Phelinofistyesterday at 7:02 PM1 replyview on HN

> Nuclear has no real cons other than time/cost of deployment

... and cost of operation and the fact that you have radioactive material you need to securely and safely store for quite a bit (which no one has figured out yet)


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sgjohnsonyesterday at 11:17 PM

> and the fact that you have radioactive material you need to securely and safely store for quite a bit (which no one has figured out yet)

It's perfectly figured out. Just entomb it in concrete and store it on site. All spent nuclear fuel to date combined would quite comfortably fit in an average Walmart parking lot. It's a complete non-issue. And if we'd get really desperate, the spent fuel could be re-enriched.