Comments by "earthstick" (@earthstick) on "The B1M" channel.

  1. Nuclear material comes from the ground, if we can live with it in the ground naturally, then we can live with it put back in the ground. The bedrock above it will shield the radiation and if it is deep enough then it will be below the water table. I don't understand why they don't encase it in glass, though.
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  2.  @winterfell2650  That is a combination of the stupidest things I have heard.
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  3.  @bobbarclay3203  It is concentrated. But the comparison to Chernoble isn't such a good one either. The radioactive elements at Chernoble are on the surface as a result of an uncontrolled explosion that spread much of them around the world. Whereas this would be buried under a substantial amount of rock, ideally kilometers, that will shield the radiation. They just need to encase the material so that it stays concentrated there. I thought glass would be a good candidate because it is stable for millions of years, but apparently they did not choose that. Incidentally, below the crust, the earth is molten. It is molten because of the heat produced by the decay of radioactive elements. Is anyone worried about this?
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  4.  @pantheraleo4170  Enriched uranium is natural. You don't think they alter the uranium atom to make U235 do you? They refine uranium. A proportion of the uranium they dig up is 235 they put it in centrifuges to separate it from the uranium they cannot use. It's all natural.
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  5. Where do you think nuclear material comes from? The sky or the ground?
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  6.  @davidtherwhanger6795  Exactly
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  7.  @VenkmanPhD  You've failed to realise a fundamental dear boy. Groundwater only goes down so deep. As you get closer to the mantle the temperature increase. Water turns to a gas at 100^C whereupon it rises, so there is a limit to how far down you find water. You just bury the radioactive elements below that.
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