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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
If we used the existing CANDU waste in Canada to fuel molten salt nuclear reactors generating steam and electricity for the oilsands - we'd be able to recover 50 billion barrels, conserve 64 Tcf of methane, and prevent 3.5 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions.
All this while turning Canada into the worlds largest oil producer and eliminating what is currently an estimated 24 billion, 100,000 year legacy issue for the nuclear waste management organization.
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How do you transport said nuclear waste? If you have just one accident, wouldn't that be so much worse than the damage being done today?
Eventually oil sands discussions turn to nuclear. Your option sounds the cleanest so far, but like you said- the 100,000 year storage of nuclear waste seems like a much worse option. At least with CO2, the planet already has a large scale method of dealing with it. Even in the far shorter term than 100,000 years; if you found a bunker under your house with toxic waste in barrels constructed in the 1700's, would you trust it?