Question by Darwin: Is it feasible or possible to recycle radioactive waste?
Instead of burying it? Wait, how ’bout we rocket the stuff to the sun?
Expense vs contaminating mother earth?
Best answer:
Answer by radar701
only if you live for five thousand years.
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There was a really interesting article in a recent science magazine I read (popular science or discovery) that dealt with a different type of nuclear reaction that can strip even more energy from radioactive materials. I can’t remember the specific term. It has to do with slow or fast neutrons. Anyway, it seems to work.
yes. we recycle some of it into weapons and other really useful stuff.
No, the half-life of most radioactive material is at least 50 years. Realistcally, it is more like in the hundreds of years. Half-life refer to the number of years it take for the radioactive material to decay to half of its life (potency).