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Sigh. "We can develop the technology" does not equal "There is an available commercial prototype". Creating a new kind of commercial reactor requires $$$ and time, and good luck developing one (which can probably double as nuclear weapon factory) in the current political climate.

Anyway, nuclear waste can stay, safely, in underground facilities for a very long time, so it's not like anybody's in a hurry to use them before they rot away or something.




Please give me an example for one of those safe underground facilities which do not cost millions to maintain them safely. Are you talking about salt domes?




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