> Why not just sterilize it with gamma radiation? Look at all the unrestrained horror and apocalyptic glee surrounding Fukushima and answer that question for y

> Why not just sterilize it with gamma radiation? Look at all the unrestrained horror and apocalyptic glee surrounding Fukushima and answer that question for yourself. I know it isn't the same thing, or even the same kind of thing. You know that as well. However, convincing the masses of that will be the work of at least a generation, and, even if it is widely accepted, there will always be people who will be opposed to it for the simple reason "NUCLEAR SCARY!" and nothing else.