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AI GeneratedDeep Geological Repository Consortium: Shared International Nuclear Waste Solution
Description
Establish multinational consortium to develop and operate shared deep geological repositories in geologically stable territories, pooling costs across 31 waste-generating nations. Governance: IAEA oversight, host-nation royalties, proportional cost-sharing by waste volume. Priority sites: stable granite formations in Canada, Scandinavia, Australia. Reduces per-country cost from $30-50B to $2-5B through shared infrastructure. Timeline: first repository operational by 2040.
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Evaluation Scores
Technical6.0
Economic4.0
Social/Political3.0
Scalability6.0
Values Aligned9.0
Composite Score
5.6
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Evaluations:4
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