In the roughly 70 years since humans first split the atom we have accumulated between 250 000 and 300 000 tonnes of high level nuclear waste that will remain radioactive for at least 100 000 years. By tim maly 3457 words. A message to the future.
Heinonen is the director of the nuclear waste and material regulation department at. A message proposed in 1993 by the us department of energy to warn future generations of nuclear waste sites. The academics dismiss out of hand a keep out sign a woefully lacking solution since nuclear waste will remain dangerous much much longer than such a message would remain intelligible.
The french nuclear waste agency behind the project opened an art competition. This place is a message and part of a system of messages. A nuclear warning designed to last 10 000 years.
While alpha particles are too weak to penetrate the skin beta particles can. Nuclear waste is dangerous because it emits ionizing radiation in the form of alpha and beta particles and gamma rays. But as the world increasingly buries its nuclear waste a growing number of experts are trying to come up with a.
What will a nuclear waste warning look like in 100 000 years time. Nuclear waste buried below 1000m you are 5 of the way to danger area. Imagine that an archaeologist in 10 000 years time finds a dig site with a capsule 20 metres under the surface with the warning message only to dig further to find another to find a more dangerous message.
Because we re not sure that hey don t touch this will mean the same thing in the future. On wiki of the week we read the wikipedia page for long time nuclear waste warning messages which are are intended to deter human intrusion at nuclear waste repositories in the far future within or above the order of magnitude of 10 000 years. The danger is in a particular location.
This message is a warning about danger.
Nuclear waste warning message. Long time nuclear waste warning messages are intended to deter human intrusion at nuclear waste repositories in the far future within or above the order of magnitude of 10 000 years. Nuclear semiotics is an interdisciplinary field of research first done by the human interference task force in 1981. A 1993 report from sandia national laboratories recommended that any such message should. A live laugh love sign but it s the nuclear waste warning message for future generations.
A live laugh love sign but it s the nuclear waste warning message for future generations. A 1993 report from sandia national laboratories recommended that any such message should. Nuclear semiotics is an interdisciplinary field of research first done by the human interference task force in 1981.
Long time nuclear waste warning messages are intended to deter human intrusion at nuclear waste repositories in the far future within or above the order of magnitude of 10 000 years.
