Post AXDYXZVE0kxb1qaMeu by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
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 (DIR) Post #AX18YbZgNaQwylJEh6 by nellgreenfieldboyce@mastodon.social
       2023-06-24T12:53:42Z
       
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       The photos of this nuclear-powered cruise ship from the 1960’s are wild—it is like a perfectly preserved time capsule, with atom-themed light fixtures and tableware. A small wooden cube illustrates the amount of uranium fuel needed to circumnavigate the globe over a dozen times.#nuclear #atom #cruise #energyhttps://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1182973358/step-aboard-the-nuclear-powered-passenger-ship-of-tomorrow-from-1959
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDYXUqfJc8iatZusq by bojacobs@hcommons.social
       2023-06-25T12:20:11Z
       
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       @nellgreenfieldboyce The only thing missing from the story, which is very good, is to include where the spent nuclear fuel is, and what the plan is to "contain" it for millennia. This will far outlive the ship and its design goodies.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDYXVboUJqyx7dZNA by RichStein@econtwitter.net
       2023-06-25T12:28:58Z
       
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       @bojacobs @nellgreenfieldboyceSixties began as an era of endless optimism. Were repositories for nuclear waste even considered? Seriously, there was so much positive futurism, were challenges recognized/considered?Fortunately, now, with the intervening decades of additional scientific research AND smart public policy analysis AND thoughtful legislation, we've solved the problem. 🙃
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDYXWHzxTb73xNG7s by Aglaia89@norden.social
       2023-06-26T20:21:09Z
       
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       @RichStein @bojacobs @nellgreenfieldboyce Back in the day, they dreamed of an endless fuel cycle.Recycling the uranium and Plutonium in nuclear reprocessing plants. Disposing only the high active waste and even this waste was planned to be processed to radiologic sources for medical and industrial use. But it has proven to be impossible without a huge ecological impact and release of radionuclides.This dream lived till the '80 of the last century. And there are still people think of this.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDYXWzxK2l9GHwMds by bojacobs@hcommons.social
       2023-06-26T23:33:00Z
       
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       @Aglaia89 @RichStein @nellgreenfieldboyce the dream may not be true but they are still selling it to get subsidies and support for SMRs
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDYXZVE0kxb1qaMeu by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
       2023-06-30T13:00:15.138350Z
       
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       @bojacobs @Aglaia89 @RichStein @nellgreenfieldboyce didn't they recently work out that you can safely store spent nuclear fuel by digging really deep below ground where future civilizations won't accidentally get to it without knowing what they're dealing with?