Nov 4 2025

What To Do With All This Nuclear Waste?

46 min 3 movies discussed
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You can make a case that it’s a little off-putting to learn the world doesn’t really have any idea what to do with the nuclear waste we’ve been generating for several decades. The best we’ve come up with so far is bury it real deep and forget about it.

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Join Josh and Chuck as they dive deep into the murky world of nuclear waste disposal—a problem that's been piling up for nearly 80 years with no permanent solution in sight. From spent fuel pools to underground repositories in Finland, they explore how the nuclear industry currently stores its most dangerous byproducts and why we're essentially kicking the can down the road despite some genuinely clever new recycling ideas that could change everything. It's a fascinating look at an industry that's great at generating power but terrible at dealing with what comes after.


Movies Discussed

Men at Work
Men at Work
1990 1h 38m
★ 5.7
"the classic movie Men at Work featuring brothers Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen — Mentioned as depicting nuclear waste similar to The Simpsons, featuring toxic sludge." — Josh
The Big Short
The Big Short
2015 R 2h 11m
★ 7.4
"The Big Short was made into an Academy Award-winning movie — Referenced in ad read by Michael Lewis about his book being adapted to film."
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
1989
★ 8.0
"it's just hard not to think of Homer Simpson when you're talking about nuclear power — Reference to Homer Simpson's character in relation to nuclear power and green glowing waste." — Chuck

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