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Why can’t we shoot nuclear waste into the Sun?

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Wyken Seagrave

On the question of NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL, why can’t we ‘shoot’ it into the Sun?
Ian Purves from Southampton (Age: 55+)

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  1. Matthew Trainer, on March 25, 2008 at 2:45 pm said:

    Your fanastic question is right out of the realms of science fiction. The down-to-earth answer is it would be totally impractical and enormously expensive, and just how far do you think you would get to the sun before you started burning up.

  2. ben, on June 2, 2009 at 4:32 am said:

    I think the only reason we wouldn’t is because of the risk of catastrophe if the rocket blew up anywhere in our atmosphere…

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