On Friday, 3 May 2019 07:45:12 UTC+1, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 2 May 2019 20:09:40 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 02/05/2019 15:27, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , John
Rumm wrote:

On 02/05/2019 06:41, harry wrote:
On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 18:27:01 UTC+1, tony sayerÂ* wrote:
In article ,
harry scribeth thus

Nobody has a viable/economic solution to dispose of the nuclear waste.

Glassify it and bury it deep its not impossible just theres a lot of
FUD
on the subject..

So why is nobody doing it?

They are, and have been doing so for quite some time:

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR...fied-waste-110

1187.html

"The new melter was installed by liquid waste contractor Savannah
River Remediation (SRR). It is the third melter in the 20-year history
of the facility, and replaced Melter 2 which reached the end of its
operational life in 2017 after 14 years of operation. In that time,
Melter 2 poured 10. 8 million pounds (4900 tonnes) of glass into 2819
canisters"

Now perhaps harry will stop with his ******** that "no one knows what
to do with the waste".

I doubt it, harry is resistant to pretty much any information that does
not support his biases and preconceptions.

How many times have you seen him post a link to a site that he claims
supports his argument, and it turns out he either never read it, or just
failed to comprehend what it says, since it actually does the complete
opposite?


Tell me what is happening to nuclear waste in the UK.
Clue:-
https://ukinventory.nda.gov.uk/wp-co...ntory-2016.pdf

No permanent solution here! Just aspirations.

I'll help you out.
Quote
High Level Waste (HLW)
Waste in which the temperature may
rise significantly as a result of their
radioactivity, so this factor has to be
taken into account in the design of
storage or disposal facilities.
Spent fuel is reprocessed at Sellafield to recover
uranium and plutonium. HLW is the residue
produced during spent fuel reprocessing. The
nature of reprocessing means that HLW is
produced as an acidic liquid, which is highly
radioactive and generates significant heat.
This liquid is converted to a stable solid form for
storage. The waste is heated to dryness
leaving a fine powder, which is mixed with
crushed glass in a furnace to produce a molten
product incorporating the waste. The product is
then poured into stainless steel canisters, where
it cools and solidifies. This process is known as
vitrification and it reduces the HLW volume by
about one third.
To date nearly 870 cubic metres of vitrified HLW
have been produced and 5,780 canisters have
been filled. These are held in a modern,
engineered air-cooled store known as the
Vitrified Product Store. This has thick concrete
walls to shield operators from the high radiation.
There is no existing disposal route for HLW.
However, current practice is for the canisters to
be stored for at least 50 years before disposal.
This allows the amount of heat produced by the
waste to fall, which makes it easier to transport
and dispose.
unquote

Just stored away. No permanent disposal.