More like 300 years. Most of what remains of the waste is americium and plutonium which can be reused as nuclear fuel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-mFSoZ

More like 300 years. Most of what remains of the waste is americium and plutonium which can be reused as nuclear fuel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-mFSoZOkE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-mFSoZOkE Most of the issues with nuclear waste are proliferation related. That's why it's stored and not given away to let's say Iran.