why don't they bury the uranium rods at the power plants?

Question

Nuclear

Answer 1

Spent Nuclear material has and always will be a tough material to contain and abate in our lifetimes. Since nuclear materials normally have a half life in the thousands of years, subterranean caverns are a viable, yet expensive way to contain the material. If this material were contained onsite at a power plant, there are a number of scenarios to consider. Theft..... although no longer productive in the manufacture of electricity, terrorists can attempt to steal and fashion "dirty bombs" from this material. Natural disaster such as an earthquake, flood or powerful storm could expose this material to the general public causing the need for an immediate mass evacuation.... not practical or possible in many cases. And finally a good old fashioned industrial accident could produce the same result.

Many of the locations that warehouse this dangerous material are operated by the government, are on military bases and HEAVILY secured against these threats. While there is the potential for some of the material to leak outside of its container, you have to remember that there are specialist who are monitoring these events and safeguarding against major problem events. These storage facillities are constructed specifically for the material to strict specifications with multiple safeguards in place to prevent them from contaminating the air and water.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

we learned for Chernobyl how to make glass uranium and we have been doing this for years. The stuff we are having problems with are contaminated gloves, badges, iron...we have no place to put

Answer 3

Ahh this question or something simular has been asked already answer is put toxic materials in barrels baryed in a bunker but recently toxic materials have been eating away on there barrels a sure answer to make toxic materials safe is has not been discovered yet

Answer 4

Because some fool environ-mental freak will have them dug up for ?? some stupid reason. They are too dangerous to leave somewhere they might be dug up for theft or to put a development where they might have been.

Answer 5

Because if there is a meltdown, the buried rods will make the problem much worse!