200F in the municipal waste landfill, caused by the usual breakdown of materials there. But it doesn’t sound like the radwaste, even at the one landfill mentioned, is mixed in with the muni-waste, so why would anyone think it’s at the same temps (or more) than the latter landfills, or that the temps would matter at all? Radwaste is going to decay and give off heat through that process, not by chemical decomposition (AFAIK). I get the feeling the author put in that radwaste sentence just to generate alarm.
Too bad. I’d welcome our planet being blown out of orbit due to too much radwaste being concentrated in one place and going critical. I’d also welcome this happening in Louisiana, or Texas, or Alabama, or OK, or Idaho, or …
200F in the municipal waste landfill, caused by the usual breakdown of materials there. But it doesn’t sound like the radwaste, even at the one landfill mentioned, is mixed in with the muni-waste, so why would anyone think it’s at the same temps (or more) than the latter landfills, or that the temps would matter at all? Radwaste is going to decay and give off heat through that process, not by chemical decomposition (AFAIK). I get the feeling the author put in that radwaste sentence just to generate alarm.
Too bad. I’d welcome our planet being blown out of orbit due to too much radwaste being concentrated in one place and going critical. I’d also welcome this happening in Louisiana, or Texas, or Alabama, or OK, or Idaho, or …