Here in Germany we used a salt mine to dispose of our nuclear waste, which backfired, to say the least. [1] How big the eventual costs (the article speaks of "

Here in Germany we used a salt mine to dispose of our nuclear waste, which backfired, to say the least. [1] How big the eventual costs (the article speaks of "at least €4 billion ($5.3 billion), but more likely somewhere between €5 billion and €10 billion") will be is uncertain, and I can't back this up by any real evidence, but my guess is that those who profited from the waste disposal might not be the ones paying for the clean-up. This all makes me think of the Futurama episode "A Big Piece of Garbage" [2]: >The others quickly dismiss Leela's concerns that the new garbage ball will return and destroy a future generation. Professor Farnsworth replies that it will not be for hundreds of years, presumably by the year 4000, prompting Fry to say "That's the 20th Century spirit!" [1]http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-weighs-options-for-handling-nuclear-waste-in-asse-mine-a-884523.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-weighs-o... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Big_Piece_of_Garbage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Big_Piece_of_Garbage