Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Hmmm - I can't see a plasma furnace as doing anything to the nuclear
>> properties of the isotopes - creating a plasma means pulling off one
>> or more electrons to create an excited gas.
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>Not to wax political, but it seems like I remember hearing Al Gore promoting
>this method of waste disposal during or around the 2000 presidential race.
>If you remember what he was talking about, describe the process please...
>
>JB
The big problem is that to change the nuclei into stable forms you
generally have to provide power in the same order of magnitude that
you managed to extract for your energy production in the first place.
It's just not feasible, and bringing the whole thing up to plasma
temperatures just isn't enough, as Adam has pointed out. Shooting the
stuff into the sun is more efficient, and is, as far as I know, the
only real solution that anyone has put forward to date. All storage
solutions on Earth have some problems.
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