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The Solution to Radioactive Nuclear Fuel Waste
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In this video, The Solution to Radioactive Nuclear Waste, I share the solution of the nuclear industry in handling and storing radioactive spent nuclear fuel. I explain the method developed in Sweden and and give a tour of the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Sweden. If you're interested in learning more about nuclear physics, this video The Solution to Radioactive Nuclear Fuel Waste is for you! I explain everything you need to know about the storage of radioactive nuclear fuel waste. This video The Solution to Radioactive Nuclear Fuel Waste is a great way to learn about this fascinating field!

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@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

Hey all, I’m baaaaack!☢️👩🏽‍🔬it’s been a long vacation and loooooots of lab work planned for 2024! Let me know how did you like the lab visit and any questions you might have I’d be happy to answer!

@sithlordbilly4206 4 месяца назад

I was wondering how state-of-the-art is the facility?! 😮

@joeb5316 4 месяца назад

Sorry this isn't nuclear-related, but you explained all of that very succinctly. My question is how did it feel being that deep underground, air pressure-wise? Did they regulate air pressure as you went further down? Did you have any wait periods coming back to the surface to avoid decompression sickness?

@TheExpatpom 4 месяца назад

The thing that really struck me, right at the very start of the video, is how not “nuclear facility” this nuclear facility looks. From any distance it could be mistaken for farm buildings or something.

@petertgeorgiev 4 месяца назад

I have a question. How much waste a canister holds? For a normal life spend of a reactor - 30 years, how much canisters will this be? This facility if it gets fully constructed, with the maximum number of deposits, how much waste it can accommodate, but not like in tons, in actual reactors? I would like an answer like - fully build will be sufficient for the waste produced by X number of reactors during their life of 30 years...

@kenibnanak5554 4 месяца назад

Two questions, if the AC and blowers are turned off, what is the temperature of the tunnels? Also what is the result of examining the corrosion pots on the copper tubes buried 20 years ago?

@redbaronsnoopy2346 4 месяца назад

There is no such thing as "Nuclear Fuel Waste", only vastly underutilized alternate fuel sources. . . Brilliant video, also!

@spijkerpoes 4 месяца назад

only problem is how to extract it from Asse II ground water

@MikkoRantalainen 4 месяца назад

I agree. There's only light water nuclear reactor waste. A better reactor design could use this stuff as fuel but we're doing a huge project to bury it into ground. The amount of copper alone will be super expensive.

@MR-backup 4 месяца назад

but " mUh 3 MiLe iSlAnd aCcIdEnT "!

@The-One-and-Only100 4 месяца назад

@MR-backup no accident, just a PR nightmare

@grahambennett8151 4 месяца назад

Problem is....that International Atomic Energy Authority disagrees with you. LOL: www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1295_web.pdf You pro-nuclear folks crack me up! LOL

@chapter4travels 4 месяца назад

The solution is molten salt breeder reactors which generate huge amounts of additional energy from the "Waste". What's remaining only needs to be protected for about 300 years which doesn't need this kind of expensive storage. It's a win/win. Nuclear waste is an asset, not a liability.

@oljackie35 4 месяца назад

Too bad we are all people and plutonium from em can be gone "missing".

@chapter4travels 4 месяца назад

@@oljackie35 No it hasn't, it can't.

@stickynorth 4 месяца назад

When has it? Seriously. Stop spreading misinformation, MISS INFORMATION!@@oljackie35

@oljackie35 4 месяца назад

@@chapter4travelsmhm

@andrewharpin6749 4 месяца назад

If you can separate the fission products in use similar to what LFTR wants to do with their reactor concepts, then you can convert them into nuclear batteries and eliminate the high intensity short lived waste as you are using it to generate more energy. If you adopt a fast spectrum as well, you have a lot more fuel, but that is obviously not without risk. Some estimates put it in the hundreds to thousands of years, without digging up any more fuel. Molten core reactors are the solution, whether or not salt is the better solution, depends on a number of factors, but the barrier is a lack of research investment.

@brucewinningham4959 4 месяца назад

I LOVE it when Elina talks Nuclear to us. Our "Friendly Nuclear Physicist" does it so well. BTW, we used Bentonite Clay when I worked in the Oilfield for several reasons. Mixing it in Dry Powder form with water, as well as other Chemicals for Special Purposes, creates Drilling Fluid, also commonly called "Drilling Mud," to be pumped down hole through the Drill String and Recirculated back to the Surface through the Annulus. Your Fan Club Loves you Elina!

@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much means a lot 👩🏽‍🔬☢️

@betterl8thannvr 4 месяца назад

Bentonite clay is also used as a clarifier in winemaking, and I believe in some cosmetics. It's truly a versatile material!

@fragile1976 4 месяца назад

We use bentonite to line dirt water tanks so they hold water instead of it seeping into the ground.

@brucewinningham4959 4 месяца назад

@@fragile1976 -- We have also used Bentonite to Grout casing into Environmental Wells to prevent the commingling of Surface Water & other Fluids with the Groundwater.

@brucewinningham4959 4 месяца назад

@@betterl8thannvr -- I DO NOT know much about Winemaking but I did know about Bentonite being used in the manufacturing of some Cosmetics.

@MyCupOfTea101 4 месяца назад

Makes me wish I had gotten into Nuclear energy. Very informative & helpful. More people need to know that this exists.

@MR-backup 4 месяца назад

You can relate then to having the plant in my county (that employed over 3,000 people) shut down because of decades long hippie misinformation! 😭😡

@MyCupOfTea101 4 месяца назад

@MR-backup More so, I had too many things I wanted to do and did not focus on one thing. Lego Robotics helped me discover that Nuclear power was the way to go.

@hififlipper 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the tour! Very interesting and valuable.

@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!👩🏽‍🔬☢️

@ReaperbloodPS 4 месяца назад

I really appreciate your content. 🎉🤗

@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

Thank you 🙏🏼

@ReaperbloodPS 4 месяца назад

@@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 🤗

@gb9254 4 месяца назад

Thank you for the visit, very interesting. Please keep up the good work!

@yayabeifong8144 4 месяца назад

thank you a lot for this amazing tour im learning more and more thanks to you , you have such a great job

@GT7-wonky 4 месяца назад

Hi! Just came across your perfect channel, I can breathe again! Fantastic, I am a retired physicist (Bach/Post GPA’s 6.7 at humble uni) worked most of my life mainly in Process & Control Engineering Industrial but many mining and processing plants, power station smelting refining etc, Great to see your page and obviously subscribed! Will post support my end (Australia) as much as I can. Regards Pete

@AndrewForeman88 4 месяца назад

That was very interesting! Thanks for shareing Eina! You are just the coolest nuke teacher in the world!

@port9377 29 дней назад

I can't imagine how expensive this project is, but is magnific.

@thormusique 4 месяца назад

Wow, that was fascinating, thanks! It's truly fascinating to see all the testing necessary to ensure safe storage. I think everyone should see this; it's really great information. Cheers!

@FelicianaDelacruz 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much for sharing your vast knowledge and the very well thought out explanations about nuclear science and technology. I really enjoy your channel and look forward to more awesome videos and welcome back from your vacation! :)

@JA-ti3wd 4 месяца назад

I am at once flummoxed by the idea of tasting water known to be saltier than the sea but yet the facility has provided what appears to be a drinking fountain. Flummoxed and yet entertained!

@paulbradford6475 4 месяца назад

A complex subject thoroughly explained in layman's terms. Well done, Elina!

@ElladaEllada 4 месяца назад

OMG I MISSED YOU NEVER LEAVE US AGAIN SO EXCITEDDD

@MR-backup 4 месяца назад

I'm confused. When I go to your page, your user name is in Greek (which makes sense) and also in Chinese? Why?

@ElladaEllada 4 месяца назад

@@MR-backup1. Because I can 2. It’s Korean not Chinese 😂

@MR-backup 4 месяца назад

@ElladaEllada 1. Because I can - That's pretty obvious since if you couldn't, it wouldn't be there; also that still wouldn't answer WHY (as in: WHY did you CHOOSE to). But w/e I guess. 2. It’s Korean not Chinese 😂 - I didn't know; learn something new every day, I guess.

@ElladaEllada 4 месяца назад

@@MR-backup Glad to hear you learned something new~ To answer your question, I speak Korean and Greek. That’s why 🎀

@SunpreetSinghBhamra 4 месяца назад

Very good information with humour 👏🏻

@axslv 4 месяца назад

Perhaps at 6:29 the operator decided to take a break from all the science and engineering. I believe it can become real hot at 220m underground. 😅 On the subject: I just absolutely like how swedes do their business. They are definitely one of the most rational and good-willed people. They engage in creation, steering clear of controversies like sensational headlines, dramas, or financial scandals, focusing purely on their craft without the encumbrance of such unsavory aspects. Kudos to them!

@crueltyjuggernaut3912 Месяц назад

nice👌

@RaphaPortoRP 4 месяца назад

The rich yet simple way you explained everything during this tour is fascinating. Everyday I learn new things with your videos. Aaand: Nice choice of gif at the end of video. Cats are so cute! 🐱

@hankrhill324 4 месяца назад

This sounds a lot more stable than yucca mountain here. Wherever we put it needs to be reasonably accessible again for when we find how to reuse it. That will save huge amounts of money by not having to mine new uranium or basically mine the waste we buried. We’ll just have to take it out of storage and use it up. When we’re done with it we can put what’s left right back into the same storage again. Eventually we’ll find a better form of energy like a Dyson sphere. By that time we’d most likely be able to force it to decay at a massively quicker rate or take it to a different planet and store whatever’s left there. If we don’t blow ourselves up then our tech will progress at a much faster rate than the decay rate of spent nuclear fuel.

@chapter4travels 4 месяца назад

We already know how to reuse it.

@kumardigvijaymishra5945 4 месяца назад

Which planet were you thinking to take it? Most certainly every other planet has lot more radioactivity than ours.

@1skinnypuppy 4 месяца назад

Super good job as is usual from you, and thank you.

@esterparis1190 4 месяца назад

Your contributions are useful and always well done and the presentation is pleasant

@Biggerbadwolf 4 месяца назад

This is an awesome tour, thank you!

@Sovvyy 2 месяца назад

Not sure how I missed this video - the insight is fantastic!

@bobthebomb1596 4 месяца назад

Excellent video. Hopefully these repositories will one day be used to house fission products only.

@CULLROY 4 месяца назад

Awesome video! Super informative...thank you our FNP! 🎉🎉

@GT7-wonky 4 месяца назад

Oh, and great lab visit in Sweden underground! Hope you had a great season break 😊

@lakeslad29 4 месяца назад

Loved the video. Please keep them coming

@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Will do!👩🏽‍🔬☢️

@user-cx6rg6mr7d 4 месяца назад

thank you so much !! love you videos!

@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

Thanks it means a lot ☢️👩🏽‍🔬🙏🏼

@isaacx593 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the educational guidance

@mikeholmstrom1899 3 месяца назад

The Andreev Bay nuclear accident in the USSR in 1982 was an example of how not to deal with spent fuel assemblies.

@MrWilliam932 4 месяца назад

I loved the video! I would have liked to see a geiger counter down there and see how's the count down there, since you are shielded from most of the cosmic rays but also have slightly radioactive canisters

@juvenalsdad4175 4 месяца назад

It seems that this system might make it possible to recover the cylinders and re-use the contents when the technology to do that is commercially up and running (hopefully!). Is that part of the plan?

@macjonte 4 месяца назад

When the system was developed in the 80s together with Finland, we didn’t know what could be possible in future. We still don’t know. There was a referendum in Sweden with three options about the future of nuclear. Line 3 won, stop with nuclear in 20 years. But there has always been hope for better tech in the future.

@tristan7216 4 месяца назад

I do hope they're storing this such that it will continue to be accessible, in case we want to retrieve it in a few decades or centuries. We may want to check the containers for unexpected types of corrosion, or retrieve the "waste" for reprocessing and use as fuel, or put the waste in a fusion reactor or ADR to burn it down to low level waste under neutron bombardment (and get energy from it).

@jppcasey 4 месяца назад

Love your video's. Thank you.

@macjonte 4 месяца назад

I was down there 20 years ago. Interesting place! Just one like it is already in use in Finland, the development of the system has been done together.

@olivierconet7995 4 месяца назад

Excellent video ! Well explained, thanks.

@JetDom767 4 месяца назад

Good to see you back Elina! Its a very good idea, however I think for some countries with small land masses will have an issue, the UK kind of springs to mind

@67comet 4 месяца назад

Really fun episode! So good to see inside the places we hear about. What is the hip back for (on the belt around your waist).

@LordSStorm 3 месяца назад

Seems like a very well thought out process.

@jojje3000-1 4 месяца назад

Great interresting video, thank you 👍🏼

@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it👩🏽‍🔬☢️

@mikew9106 4 месяца назад

Great video! Thank you

@Trust_me_I_am_an_Engineer 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much for yet another interesting video, Elina and for showing us places that we can't visit ourselves. I see that the waste is stored for at least 30 years at Clab before final storage. Not as 'sexy' as this facility, but will you visit Clab as well ?

@Tman76 4 месяца назад

You should do a video comparing the storage of this material as opposed to reusing it. It seems insane that we are just burning it when we can refuse it’s time as waste down to a few hundred years. Once it is stored this way can they remove it for recycling? It is obviously the more environmentally friendly way of taking care of it, so why don’t we recycle it even if it is a bit more expensive?

@yooper8778 4 месяца назад

We need to be making a better effort to get the other 97% out of the spent fuel. And we need to separate out the isotopes we can utilize for like those for cancer therapies. It is such a waste that we have to build repositories that massive. But very educational Elina. You rock! BuBu

@hime273 4 месяца назад

It's already all turned into Military Munitions... This is a Bullshit illusion.

@JessWLStuart 4 месяца назад

This is awesome - both the Swedish project and the video! Thanks! I'm curious, whatever happened to the French process of turning radioactive waste into a glass?

@bbqchezit Месяц назад

12:45 I call this type of water "Earth Tea"

@andygoldensixties4201 4 месяца назад

Thank you for the brilliant explanation. BTW, what's the funny "chicken-tail-similar" container on your back?

@masiosareanivdelarev562 4 месяца назад

Interesting video. Thank you.

@curtvona4891 4 месяца назад

Very interesting! Thanks.

@shackamaxon512 4 месяца назад

Very informative and entertaining. Visits to facilities like this help me understand the tech much better. Is the spent fuel intended to be stored permanently or just long enough that it can be recycled?

@Spencergolde 4 месяца назад

These deep repositories are intended for permanent disposal. In its current form, it's meant to permanently store waste from a once-through fuel cycle, with the fuel remaining in its cladding. But in theory, the fission product waste leftover from reprocessing could also be stored here.

@SocialDownclimber 4 месяца назад

That estimate of copper corrosion is a reaaaally big extrapolation. I'm sure they have built the canisters to survive the overpressure but I am interested as to how much pressure would build up inside them due to helium generation from alpha decay.

@tomburns1071 4 месяца назад

This report is very well presented and interesting. I would like to see what other countries like Canada and the US are doing.

@Xelbiuj_1988 4 месяца назад

Those copper tubes are crazy. Has to be super expensive.

@nholth 4 месяца назад

Thats what I was wondering about too. Such a huge amount of copper materials being used for this!

@Xelbiuj_1988 4 месяца назад

It's really not that crazy given the value of the materials it's storing or considering it a cost of doing business. Sure, a broke meth head that would otherwise steal the copper pipe off a construction site would be salivating . . . but it's like $63k each. 7400 kilos of copper at $8.45/kg. @@nholth Still feels like a waste.

@makerofthingsunique 4 месяца назад

Great video. In my mind nuclear is the safest, most reliable and environmentally friendly energy source when done correctly. How many years waste in regards of spent fuel will this facility store.

@test40323 4 месяца назад

Huh, interesting walkthrough. Canada is also planning a deep repository for nuclear waste. Would you know if these studies are shared with the Canadian planners and if they have a different approach? Thank you for the excellent episode.

@yope01 4 месяца назад

Very cool and informative video. Thanks! What I really would like to know though: Suppose we really end up needing this (and not have enough fast spectrum and thorium MSR's to consume all this "waste"), what are the projected costs when being applied to the waste of a traditional uranium PWR, per MWh of energy produced? It looks pretty expensive, even though the energy density is gigantic of course, but are there any cost projections?

@nigeldepledge3790 4 месяца назад

I have a couple of questions . . . I'm sure the engineers have considered these already, but I'd be interested to learn how (a) encasing spent fuel and fission products in copper raises the potential for Bremsstrahlung radiation. How is ghos addressed? and (b) to what extent does the bentonite clay expand when it absorbs water, and how much scope do the holes allow for this?

@John_Krone 4 месяца назад

The life expectancy of these canisters are very acceptable. Just less than a thousand years we will have the technology not only to have cleaner nuclear usage but to be able to pull nuclear waste out from these silos and reprocess them in a environmentally clean way. Great video. I learned a lot. Thank you

@Dgunner22 4 месяца назад

That was really good. I was wandering do they need to pump and filter breathing air down there ? I noticed no need for breathing machines. Very interesting video thanks .

@meander112 4 месяца назад

Engagement for the engagement god!

@nicumarc5788 4 месяца назад

Pretty and smart!!!

@tomschmidt381 4 месяца назад

Interesting tour. The proposed Yucca mountain nuclear storage facility in the US was shut down for a variety of technical and political reasons. Nice to see our European friends are having better luck dealing with this thorny problem.

@MrWilliam932 4 месяца назад

Yaaay new vid!

@clytle374 4 месяца назад

Good video, but I feel nearly as good about putting it in containers on the surface in the desert as trying to hide it. We really need to separate it out and recycle it. To me this is just hiding it, someday when we learn to deal with it we just made it harder to get to.

@assassinul95 4 месяца назад

I do like the uplifting music when talking about nuclear waste storage

@protocol6 4 месяца назад

Did I miss where you explained your acquisition and eventual loss of a new orange retroreflective tail? Great video. Like a radioactive Tom Scott, only better.

@petertgeorgiev 4 месяца назад

@philipboitak9218 4 месяца назад

I really enjoy watching your videos ,, how can they estimate 20 years compared to 100,000 years?? Thanks Eliana

@mariagavriilidou7525 4 месяца назад

Such an amazing and so informative video. It's so good that we can see all the content that you are talking about. It really helps to understand more if you are not from the field. Can't wait for your next video ❤

@LWCobra 4 месяца назад

Elina, you mention that the holes are 6 meters apart for a reason, how much heat does one of those copper containers put out? Does the heat level increase over time? If it weren't for the radiation, could you touch one of them?

@wolpumba4099 4 месяца назад

Some fission products can decay into gases and potentially increase internal pressure. Could you explain what measures are in place to prevent a copper canister from bursting due to this pressure buildup? Thanks for the informative video!

@zen1647 4 месяца назад

Looks super amazing and super expensive. No wonder nuclear energy costs so much.

@Freynightwalker 4 месяца назад

Awesome, positive ideas with, it looks like, international collaboration

@fieryweasel 4 месяца назад

More of the dog! Very enjoyable video too, but I have to pet the dog.

@paulanderson7796 4 месяца назад

Commercial power reactors do not create anything remotely like the amount of "waste" we're told they create. There is a fortune being made from the "management" of reactor "waste".

@chapter4travels 4 месяца назад

No one is making fortunes with waste, it just sits on the power plant site doing nothing. The normal security at the plant is all that's needed.

@paulanderson7796 4 месяца назад

@@chapter4travels The stuff is valuable. Hence the security and the propagation of fear surrounding the it.

@chapter4travels 4 месяца назад

@@paulanderson7796 All nuclear power plants have security, there is no additional security for the storage casks.

@paulanderson7796 4 месяца назад

Most of them [the casks] are empty. That was my whole point. It's theatre. Hence the fortune being made from "management" of reactor "waste".

@paulanderson7796 4 месяца назад

@@chapter4travelsEven more ridiculous with low level waste. Coffee cups, hand towels, and crisp packets are not nuclear waste. It's general refuse and nothing more.

@Tooill4daIRS 4 месяца назад

Fine af!

@grndzro777 4 месяца назад

Can these be retrieved later to be used in a Thorium reactor?

@diegolomeli3716 4 месяца назад

What are the main factors taken into account when deciding the storage locations? dumb question but would it be possible to do it in locations like antartida? Just found out about your channel makes me feel less scare about nuclear energy

@user-yl7yh3qd4x 4 месяца назад

I thought Titanium was the first choice for making nuclear waste canisters because it almost corrosion proof below 65°C, while Copper is prone to pitting and crevice corrosion. Titanium "metal" is also 30% cheaper than Copper nowadays !! make me wonder why in the hell they using Copper ?!!

@ConradSpoke 4 месяца назад

I would really like to see that canister handling truck in action. Maybe you can find a video.

@rogerfernandezescude3431 4 месяца назад

Great video! In summer I'll spend a week or so in Stockholm (after many years not having been there) so thanks to your great content, I'll try to visit R1 at KTH. Do you know if it's open to private visitors?

@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist 4 месяца назад

It’s not unfortunately. You can enter by invitation to an event.

@rogerfernandezescude3431 4 месяца назад

@@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist Oh, no!! I'm following you and another nuclear expert called @operadornuclear and you both have created me an obsession with nuclear power. I'm looking to visit a nuclear plant but I've not found anyone. When they are open, it's just for organised groups, so I thought R1 might be my oportunity... I'll have to continu searching. Many, many thanks for your great content!

@Mooocheropordis 4 месяца назад

A solid solution, just a question needs to asked about cost? When this needs to last for millennia?

@marty7442 4 месяца назад

My idea was always to put it back right where we got it, in the spent mine shafts where we mine it the first time. We can also tell certain weapons makers to use tungsten instead while we're at it...

@GlenHunt 2 месяца назад

I'm late to the party by a couple months, but what type of heaters do they use for the test canisters? Are they electric, are they RTG or are they something else? I wonder because, although electric would be more convenient, I can see that wires penetrating what should be an unbroken bentonite layer might skew the results just a bit (or not).

@billirwin3558 4 месяца назад

Very informative video Elina. Nuclear apologists I have spoken too say the waste problem has been solved. But obviously not. Long term storage is still the only option for certain levels of waste. When I say 'solved', I mean 'No Radioactive Waste'. Well that is the dream anyway. My only objection to nuclear anything is the waste problem. Burying it and locking it up is only safe as long as there is someone guarding it and monitoring it. Just ask the Egyptian Pharos. So one could say, it is as safe as humans can make it. And that sort of worries me.

@TheNativeTwo 4 месяца назад

It’s far less waste than any other energy source. Thousands of people die every year from oil/gas. People even die from windmills and solar panels installation and maintenance. Solar panels contain a lot of toxic waste. Nuclear waste just sounds more scary and dangerous than other wastes when in reality, all of the waste streams have different but equally dangerous wastes. So less is better.

@yamahatwin 4 месяца назад

That looks like a huge amount of copper. You said it was 5cm thick. I think more like 10cm. But either way that copper must be so expensive. Love your work ❤

@highkicker11 4 месяца назад

just imagine that if we would use the right reactors that one repository would be enough to last 100's of years for the whole darn world but no we have to use reactors that are inefficient and produce relatively a huge load of waste.

@user-ml3yf7pg7g 4 месяца назад

Elina, first of all you're hot, ooh wee❤ and thanks for the tour. In my opinion, the nuclear waste storage tunnels are tremendously overkill. The people who designed the system must have been the most WOKE bureaucrats in the world. Probably controlled by the WEF/ESG group of privileged elites. Somehow, these elites think that science will be permanently frozen to today's standards for 100 million years. How arrogant and selfish these people are. Sweden's budget for this tunnel system and storage scheme must be 1000 times deeper than these tunnels themselves. Unfortunately, people who work hard and are not privileged have to pay for it. Total waste of money. Again, I want to thank you for the tour. You are my favorite scientist ❤❤❤❤❤

@powertechnical 4 месяца назад

Why don't they reprocess the waste? Seems like a lot of work, building tunnels for storage.

@jimsvideos7201 4 месяца назад

This is interesting on its own, nothing wrong with such a lovely interpreter to help us understand 😊

@alexandrustefanmiron7723 4 месяца назад

There are several hurdles like Germany that "invested" 2trl euros in "green energy" and not 1bil in R&D in LiFTR tech! I only hope that India, due to its deposits and needs picks up the slack! Also ppl like Sabine that still pushes for wind and solar while, in part, due to them, Germany closed all nuclear facilities! Pure genius german engineering! Edit: also hats of to China for actually doing something about Thorium!

@olliaalto5638 4 месяца назад

Is it possible to use used nuclear waste as fuel on generation 4 nuclear reactor? If this is possible, is this the same as MOX fuel? What would be prosentual amount of MOX that can be used?

@PaulyDownUnder 4 месяца назад

@Elina - If the Bentonite does absorb moisture from the ground, how does it dry out as their is no air flow, the moisture is trapped. Is there a risk of the moisture growing mold from trapped moisture and warm conditions caused by the spent fuel causing premature failure of the protection measures?

@hime273 4 месяца назад

This is an illusion.. Depleted Uranium is Purchased by the US Military Industrial Complex, and they make Depleted Uranium Munitions, and sell to NATO Countries... Look at the insane amount of Birth Defects that suddenly appeared after Wars in Countries such as Iraq for example. The citizens in Iraq were left with nothing but destroyed shit everywhere, and they used every single resource they could find, such as dismantling Tanks (To use the Metal) that had been hit With Depleted Uranium Shells.... Those people are screwed.

@johnthomas2485 4 месяца назад

How does this compare to the US plans for the Nevada site that keeps getting delayed?

@sithlordbilly4206 4 месяца назад

Elina, How state of the art is it?! 😮

@AnthemUnanthemed 4 месяца назад

how do they deal with fresh air delivery throughout the facility?

@sven-olofenglund8712 4 месяца назад

Great video as always, however the title is misleading. It´s not yet determined if this actually is THE solution. There are still doubts and research to be done. As it stands there is still no finite solution to the nuclear waste problem.