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mikeash on July 30, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Nuclear Probe to Explore Earth’s Interior

I don't think most nuclear waste gets nearly hot enough.

JetSpiegel on July 30, 2014 [–]

If it did, we could just harvest it.

mikeash on July 30, 2014 | [–]

Excellent point. If you have a sphere that can maintain 2000C and melt through rock, toss it into a steam turbine and hook it up to the grid.

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