What to do with nuclear waste? Hey, lets send it to Mongolia

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/09/energy-nuclear-mongolia-idUSL3E7G80HD20110509

Japan, U.S. plan nuclear waste storage in Mongolia -paper

TOKYO | Sun May 8, 2011 10:18pm EDT

TOKYO May 9 (Reuters) - Japan and the United States plan to jointly build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Mongolia to serve customers of their nuclear plant exporters, pushing ahead despite Japan's prolonged nuclear crisis, the Mainichi daily said on Monday.

A Trade Ministry official said Japan, U.S. and Mongolia officials, at a meeting shortly before Japan's March 11 earthquake, informally discussed possible construction of a nuclear waste storage facility for countries with nuclear power plants but no spent fuel storage capability of their own.

He said there were no concrete plans at this time but the ministry would consider such a project if Mongolia were interested.

[nonperson]

1. I think we should bury nuclear waste

Bury it in the backyards of all the nuclear power proponents who claim nuclear is safe.

[Zoeisright]

2. My thoughts exactly.

They think it's so safe, let them live with it.

[izquierdista]

5. I'd have it in my yard....

...if it was 3 miles down.

[nonperson]

6. Great!

Thanks for the offer. Please start digging immediately. Truckloads of nuclear waste will begin arriving at your yard this afternoon.

[notesdev]

3. Every flight should pass over North Korea

Shoot THIS down m-fers

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Yeah there are never any ship wrecks, typhoons, earthquakes

train wrecks, terrorists on the route to Mongolia from the US or Japan.

Good grief.

[FreakinDJ]

7. We have the Technology to "Recycle" spent fuel rods

with a greater then 95% recycle rate.

The problem being the pesky 5% makes some of the best "Weapons Grade" around

[hobbit709]

8. I'd bury it in the Marianas Trench.

The subduction plate would carry it down and it wouldn't resurface for a million years or so.