29 Sep 16 15:10, alexander koryagin wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>>>> As compared to what other fuels and in what field of use?

 ak>>> Any fuel is used for fueling. Take coal, wood, oil for instance. If
 ak>>> people don't burn them - they will burn out themselves sooner or
 ak>>> later. ;-) But by using Uranium we constantly create highly
 ak>>> radioactive waste that must be stored somewhere for thousands of
 ak>>> years. Is it possible to guarantee that nothing will have happened
 ak>>> with these dirty boxes for thousands of years?

 RW>> I've often wondered why we don't send spent uranium fuel to the sun,
 RW>> for immediate depletion of all radioactivity upon arrival.

 ak> Do you remember what a  row we have on Earth when somebody tries to
 ak> launch a rocket with atomic generator inside?

I didn't know that was even attempted.

 ak> The reason is clear - there is a probability that the rocket will
 ak> fail and we'll get a radioactive contamination.

Not necessarily.

 ak> The situation will be worse if we an accident happens with a rocket
 ak> carrying extremely radioactive isotopes that we get after using U235
 ak> fuel. Probably there is only one solution

Perhaps two.

 ak> - we must build plants to restore U235 fuel; all the work must be
 ak> done by robots capable to work in a(?) highly radioactive
 ak> environment.

Why even store it?

The best solution would be to neutralize the radioactivity to a level that
can safely be handled.

 ak>>> [...The probabilty of crime in the country is in direct proportion
 ak>>> to amount of the police]

 RW>>  ...Crime is in direct proportion to the number of crooks not in
 RW>> jail.

 ak> in jail for life? 

Only if they're capable of working toward their own cost of keeping them.

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