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Originally Posted by BLMAngus
I worked on the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant project from 1991 to when it was "suspended" in 1993. Since then, the project was "rebaselined" and restarted. Costs grew from $1.7B in 1993 to $16.8B in 2017 with a projected plant start date of 2023. I do not know if costs have grown again (surely, they must have) or whether the project is on schedule.
And I do not know if the issue of a permanent storage space has been resolved either.
Most folks do not realize that when the plant starts, it will generate TONS of additional high and low level waste as everything that liquid touches becomes contaminated.
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Thanks BLM, I could imagine the difficulties such a process would incur and I have read about their challenges and expenses. I still believe it is a necessary study as I see no other viable solution.
There is no perfect solution other than the 100 already dead scientists who should have thought of waste challenges when they first came up with the idea to use Nuclear Fuel as a power source.
As has been said by someone anonymous (Not Einstein) "It's a hell of a way to boil water"