Just a quick question. Maybe a silly one:
Would it possible to place or bury spent nuclear fuel at a subduction zone (where a tectonic plate goes under the continental plate - such as off the coast of California or Japan) in armored containers? So that continental drift simply pulls the fuel (eventually) under the continental plate (maybe down to the magma)?
Obviously there's a problem is making sure the stuff doesn't crack open and leak BEFORE it gets drawn under the continental plate.
Would it possible to place or bury spent nuclear fuel at a subduction zone (where a tectonic plate goes under the continental plate - such as off the coast of California or Japan) in armored containers? So that continental drift simply pulls the fuel (eventually) under the continental plate (maybe down to the magma)?
Obviously there's a problem is making sure the stuff doesn't crack open and leak BEFORE it gets drawn under the continental plate.