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- 1Startup Applies Oil Drilling Techniques to Nuclear Waste Storage▼Big Oil Perfected Sideways Drilling. A Startup Wants to Do the Same With Nuclear Waste https://gizmodo.com/big-oil-perfe
A startup is proposing to use horizontal drilling technology, refined by the oil and gas industry, to bury nuclear waste deep underground. The approach borrows techniques perfected for extracting fossil fuels and applies them to isolating radioactive material, drawing attention to how drilling innovations could reshape waste disposal solutions.
- 2Startup Aims to Apply Oil Drilling Techniques to Nuclear Waste▼Big Oil Perfected Sideways Drilling. A Startup Wants to Do the Same With Nuclear Waste
A startup is proposing to use horizontal drilling methods, long perfected by the oil and gas industry, to dispose of nuclear waste deep underground. The idea borrows techniques developed for extracting fossil fuels and redirects them toward long-term nuclear storage, a problem governments have struggled with for decades. The story highlights how expertise from one energy sector may help solve another's biggest challenge.