On 11/16/2016 9:27 AM, Brian Gaff wrote:
It seems really crazy that in our age we still cannot make some robot able
to dismantle this broken reactor and clean up the site, we are still just
hiding it. I guess it will stand as a monument to human stupidity for many
years to come.


What about the underground issues with radioactive fluids washing under the
site though.
Brian

The issue is not whether you can break it up into manageable lumps, it's
that this will inevitably mobilise radioactive dust. Far more sensible
to let it all decay quietly, which it will, while keeping the wind and
rain away with a big enclosure.

Keep the rain off and not much gets washed into the ground. Soil and
minerals are very good at immobilising radioactivity, look up Oklo.

And it is trivially easy to detect even harmless levels in rivers, water
supplies, etc.