How do you dispose/recycle low level/high level waste of radioactive waste?
As for low level radioactive waste, such as medical equipment, etc. there is currently a project in New Mexico called the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) where containers of low level radioactive waste are stored in a mined out salt dome. Salt has the property of being pretty plastic. So once mined, it will immediately start to “flow” to fill in the mine. So once the containers are placed in the mine it isn’t too long before the salt moves in around and entombs/isolates the containers. As for high level radiation, that presents a bit more of a challenge. A lot of high level radiation is currently being stored at the facilities which generated it, such as nuclear power plants. This is a problems that governments around the world have been debating for some time.
