So how big is the oil spill anyway?

[LMNO]

Yeah, it's steam, and actually quite safe given the safeguards on nuclear reactors these days.

The problems are: Incredibly expensive, and dangerous waste products you can't put anywhere.

Sure you can put them somewhere.  I have a foolproof solution for this.

GO AHEAD!  ASK HIM HOW!

[Doktor Howl]

Yeah, it's steam, and actually quite safe given the safeguards on nuclear reactors these days.

The problems are: Incredibly expensive, and dangerous waste products you can't put anywhere.

Sure you can put them somewhere.  I have a foolproof solution for this.

GO AHEAD!  ASK HIM HOW!

I honestly didn't expect anyone to even noticed I'd posted that.

[Jasper]

I'm fond of the Marianas Trench as a place to keep it.  Theorized to have very very minimal impact, considering they'll probably just fall in between the tectonic plates like the mother of all pennies lost between the seat cushions.

[LMNO]

Yeah, it's steam, and actually quite safe given the safeguards on nuclear reactors these days.

The problems are: Incredibly expensive, and dangerous waste products you can't put anywhere.

Sure you can put them somewhere.  I have a foolproof solution for this.

GO AHEAD!  ASK HIM HOW!

I honestly didn't expect anyone to even noticed I'd posted that.

I CAN HAZ REEDIN COMP'RHENSHUN.

[Doktor Howl]

I'm fond of the Marianas Trench as a place to keep it.  Theorized to have very very minimal impact, considering they'll probably just fall in between the tectonic plates like the mother of all pennies lost between the seat cushions.

Or why not just mix it with sand, fuse it into glass blocks, and store it in the desert in lead-lined shacks?  There's nothing to leak, and if you want the hot shit back (remember, if it's still radioactive, it's still got useful energy in it), you just crush the glass and centerfuge out the the stuff you want, then fuse it back into glass blocks.

Problem #1:  I don't own any congressmen.

Problem #2:  The NRC won't approve anything that would put it out of business.

Problem #3:  The hippies would be depressed.  One less thing to bitch about.

[Telarus]

Anyone catch that the Russians have suggested controlled nuclear explosion to collapse and cap the oil leak....

Apparently they've tried it many times and it only failed to work once.....           

[Elder Iptuous]

don't they keep them in giant pools of water to keep them cool?
would the glass build up heat and melt?
it just seems like they would have gone for a dry storage method if there was anything they could've figured out originally...

[Jasper]

Anyone catch that the Russians have suggested controlled nuclear explosion to collapse and cap the oil leak....

Apparently they've tried it many times and it only failed to work once.....           

I'm actually more okay with that than just letting the oil spread to the rest of the ocean.

[Vene]

The spill is fucking gigantic, It's big enough that if it was over here it would stretch from Duluth, cover my entire country, and still reach the Twin Cities. This both terrifies and impresses me.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Yeah, it's steam, and actually quite safe given the safeguards on nuclear reactors these days.

The problems are: Incredibly expensive, and dangerous waste products you can't put anywhere.

Sure you can put them somewhere.  I have a foolproof solution for this.

GO AHEAD!  ASK HIM HOW!

I honestly didn't expect anyone to even noticed I'd posted that.

I noticed, I was skeered so I let it go.

Anyone catch that the Russians have suggested controlled nuclear explosion to collapse and cap the oil leak....

Apparently they've tried it many times and it only failed to work once.....           

They're probably right. Except I would only trust THEM to do it and not any of our spags cause they're smarter than us. Do NOT disagree with me. I will punch you in the taint!

[Jenne]

Anyone catch that the Russians have suggested controlled nuclear explosion to collapse and cap the oil leak....

Apparently they've tried it many times and it only failed to work once.....           

O GOOD GOD. is right.

[Jasper]

So does that mean Russia has detonated "many" devices, and it never made news?

[Doktor Howl]

don't they keep them in giant pools of water to keep them cool?
would the glass build up heat and melt?
it just seems like they would have gone for a dry storage method if there was anything they could've figured out originally...

Not if you kept the quantities of material in the glass blocks small enough and kept the blocks far enough apart.

And "they" lose their job if they come up with a workable solution.

[Vene]

Personally, I suggest we destroy nuclear waste with nuclear weaponry. Fighting fire with fire and all that.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

So does that mean Russia has detonated "many" devices, and it never made news?

Uh, yeah.