Deep Borehole Nuclear Waste Disposal Just Got A Whole Lot More Likely

Deep Borehole Nuclear Waste Disposal Just Got A Whole Lot More Likely: Deep Isolation announced partnering with nuclear giant Bechtel to bring their technology for nuclear waste disposal to fruition. It uses fracking to put nuclear waste in two-mile-long tunnels, a mile below the Earth’s surface, where they’ll be surrounded by a very tight rock called shale.