Nuclear waste is not the problem you've been made to believe it is

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Head to https://squarespace.com/sabine to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code sabine This video comes with a quiz that will help you remember what we talked about: https://quizwithit.com/start_thequiz/1689233136796x251471525332019650 How much nuclear waste is there, how dangerous is it, what can we do with it? Today we look into nuclear waste disposal and nuclear waste recycling. The website that lets you calculate the radiation dose from uranium is here: https://www.wise-uranium.org/rdcu.html Numbers about the amount of nuclear waste are from here: https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/04/04/2415889/0/en/Global-Nuclear-Waste-Management-market-is-projected-to-grow-at-a-CAGR-of-1-6-By-2032-Visiongain-Research-Inc.html The recent study about nuclear waste from small modular reactors is here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2111833119 More info about the final nuclear waste deposit site from Posiva Oy in Finland is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9mQiRvPC2c The 1984 study about how to build a final deposit site is here: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6799619 The 1993 Report from Sandia Lab is here: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10117359 More about the recycling in La Hague here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0UJSlKIy8g The report with the comparison of different nuclear fuel cycles is this: https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2019-12/5990-advanced-nfc-rwm.pdf 💌 Sign up for my weekly science newsletter. It's free! ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👉 Support me on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📖 My new book "Existential Physics" is now on sale ➜ http://existentialphysics.com/ 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join 00:00 Intro 01:26 How Much Waste and What Type? 07:26 What Happens to Nuclear Waste? 10:38 Nuclear Waste Storage 16:05 Nuclear Waste Recycling 20:29 Summary Many thanks to Jordi Busqué for helping with this video http://jordibusque.com/