cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/12864190
‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry told
Labor describes claims as ‘fear-mongering’ and says government would not accept waste from other nations
Archived version: https://archive.ph/OKW8S
It’s important to note that nuclear doesn’t have much waste. All of the United States nuclear waste could be placed on a football field and only be 10ft high
Ft?
Feet. Or approximately 3 meters
@Dippy @sillinesslemon 10ft is more like 3 metres.
A football field is 300ft x 160ft. So using your estimate, that’s 480,000 cubic feet, or 13,592 cubic metres of radioactive waste