BWright79
BWright79 t1_j5vde8s wrote
Reply to comment by atwegotsidetrekked in Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
> munitions from spent nuclear rods
Where did you read that? I'm fairly certain that depleted uranium is still used to make bullets and mortar shells.
BWright79 t1_j5szyag wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
The United States creates munitions from spent nuclear rods and our military uses it overseas. It’s much cheaper than shooting it into space!
BWright79 t1_j5wr38l wrote
Reply to comment by atwegotsidetrekked in Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
Thanks, that's good news. Before I responded earlier I was seeing articles as recent as 2022 saying we did this. Granted this article is also from 2022... in my head though I can't help but think how we still use soviet era munitions and even though production as stopped... we are probably still using them.