and will melt through everything

pipes corrode

for years

and years

pipes melt

You could build walls (downwards underground) in a square around it that go a little past rock so that there is a divider keeping safe the water table beyond the walls

you have a closed system under constant pressure

Assuming the rock ins't pourus anyway

heat is a bitch, u take away people and electricity and u WILL have a melt down with the current designs

It seems like the most practical solution is giving the uranium and steam somewhere to go. In the case of uranium, you could give it a passage at least one or two miles into the Earth, well below the water table.

my car won't blow up if i just abandon it

because thats reasonable

lol

We're already achieving those depths with oil drilling.

oil drilling is a tiny pipe

and very expensive

nuclear is already too expensive to be profitable

While I question the dangers of drilling 2km into the ground in a populated area

yup

2 km is no problem

the casing keeps it capped

and stuff will still hit the water

I'd assume they already have outlets for steam

that would leave a very long pipe open to the enviornment meaning it is just INVITING an accident

@Samaritan - The drilling isn't the problem.

It's the fracking process and wastewater disposal. Fracking puts the rock under intense pressure, but the pressure is released once the rock cracks. Wastewater disposal does constant pressure, and that's what causes the quakes.

even 2km down lol

you also have to worry about flashin

It won't hit water it'd be in solid stone

Not dirt

how do you know?

the pressure at those depths is already far above anything humans can bring to bear

ever see what steam can do under pressure?

can you magically tell the entire composition of the rock for 2km?

Toffee is good

it can cut your legs off at the knees

look up lithostatic pressure

I've seen water saws.

Quite a spectacle.

What are saws

during drilling, you log your mud or core