Re: Fw: Russian Waste Repository

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/1/2001 5:36:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, loc@ICX.NET 

writes:



> 2. Deep sea burial is a great *idea*, but I think the key technical

>  problem would be to engineer a container that could withstand the

>  crushing weight of water at the depths in the trenches.  You especially

>  would want to prevent premature release of the waste on the way down. 

>  It's a much more daunting task than most people realize, as the public

>  would insist on 100% reliability in this regard.  This alone could drive

>  the cost up too high to make deep ocean disposal cost effective.

>  



Seems to me that it would be elementary to fill the container with water to 

displace any gasses.  The resulting container would not crush, at leas not 

very much.  One could also provide for intrusion of water into the void 

spaces of the container on the way down.  That combined with the 

vitrification of the wastes (not fuel which should be recycled) and designing 

the package to penetrate the bottom should make the placement secure and 

immobile.  Am I wrong?

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