Thursday 2 June 2016

Why not throw nuclear waste into a volcano?



Why not throw

 nuclear waste

into a

volcano?

Nuclear waste is the material that nuclear fuel becomes after it is used in a reactor. It looks exactly like the fuel that was loaded into the reactor.

Once we know what nuclear waste is, we know it's very radioactive and dangerously toxic. As we all know, volcanoes are not closed systems; they have two exits, through the pipe up to the surface, or down to the magmatic chamber. People think if we throw all the nuclear waste into a volcano it will just simply disappear, but that is incorrect. It will eventually come out through either of the two exits I mentioned before.

 If the volcano is active, it will go out to the surface contaminating most of the atmosphere. This will not only affect the atmosphere but it will also damage the oxygen we are all breathing in our daily lives. This can make many animals suffer and many problems to human beings. Like for example having more probabilities to get cancer or to be born with any kind of disability.

If the volcano is not active, the nuclear waste will go through the inside of the earth damaging many ecosystems. Contaminating the plants which will interrupt the photosynthesis in a negative way, and also contaminating the water were many species of animals drink off, and the soil were many insects and also some animals live in.

So the answer to my question is, NO you cannot throw nuclear waste into a volcano because it would be a huge disaster in our society.

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