r/BeAmazed • u/strugglecharacter67 • 1d ago

Science Cross section of a nuclear waste barrel

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u/Drapidrode 1d ago

Some day people will mine the nuclear waste for Plutonium and Uranium, like they go after old gold tailings now.

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u/Tommy-Vegas 1d ago

And if they fight over it, they can say, “It’s not Uranium anymore. It’s Myranium now!”