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Letter: Bit by bit

Published 26 June 2013

From Jamie Carnie

Further to your Instant Expert on nuclear fission and objections to the idea of radioactive waste disposal via a rocket fired into the sun (1 June), I have a suggestion.

The risk of atmospheric contamination posed during launch could be reduced by transporting the waste to an orbital collection point in many small payloads. In the safety of outer space these could be combined before being fired towards our star.

Bath, Somerset, UK

Issue no. 2923 published 29 June 2013

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