Finland built this tomb to store nuclear waste. Can it survive for 100,000 years?

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[–]SoCo 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The US illegally dumped their Cold War-era nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project in unlined underground tombs in Missouri. They leaked. Then a multi-year long under-ground fire raged in the underground landfill next door. (they don't report about this anymore. I'm not sure how the nuclear leak testing went or if the fire ever got put out.)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/st-louis-secretly-developed-disaster-plan-for-fire-near-nuclear-waste/

https://www.stlmag.com/news/Nuclear-Waste-Closer-Than-Expected-to-Underground-Fire-at-Bridgeton-Landfill/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-st-louis-underground-fire-20151010-story.html

Lesson: You better dispose of nuclear waste carefully with lots of foresight.

[–]makesyoudownvote 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This was the beauty of the Yucca mountain waste plan. It was geologically stable and there was virtually zero risk. We had nearly completed construction too.