With the growing human population and its need for energy, and the dwindling supplies of fossil fuels, nuclear energy seems to be the 'wave of the future' for most, but disposal of waste is a key issue. Disposal of radioactive waste into off-shore subduction zones in the Earths crust have been brought up a few times. The obvious hazards of this proccess being massive amonts of energy released by the waste as it enters the mantle, causing silliping and collapsing of faults in the subducting crust. This method 'supposedly' reinserts the nuclear-material back into mantle convection cycles where it returns to a form composite of that of the liquid mantle. What are your thoughs on this method of disposal, and its pro's and hazards? Also, where do you think the best zones for this proccess of disposal would be? San-Andreas fault is obviously out :rofl: Cheers for your time.