• UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    I’m speaking strictly of the mass. Most the volume on those containers are likely structure to make sure there is no accidental leak, similar to Switzerland.

    I also misremembered, it was all of US’ waste that could fit on a single football.

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Unfortunately, there’s not much structure to these, no. It’s nuclear waste from the 60s and early 70s, when there were practically no safety laws in place yet. They just got dumped down there in steel barrels. In a salt mine, which now has water entering it. I’m hoping, the barrels got at least filled up with concrete, but I have no idea.