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My question is: assuming we could safely launch a gigantic rocket packed full of nuclear waste (from nuclear reactors and such) at the sun, what would happen to the nuclear waste as it approached the extreme temperatures around the sun? If money wasn't an issue, could we dispose of all of our nuclear waste by launching it into the sun?
Compared to the sun, the rocket would be a tear in the ocean. It has been considered. The problem is the safety and danger of the launch. What would probably work is to take small amopunt to the space station and assemble the rocket.Since the vast majority of the wast (in volume) is medical low rem, it would not be much of a danger.
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Dr. Henry Boyter, Jr.
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Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.
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Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.
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PhD, MS, BS in Chemistry
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