The waste is less radioactive than most people assume and it's put deep enough that it doesn't even matter. In fact, we don't even need to put it underground. B

The waste is less radioactive than most people assume and it's put deep enough that it doesn't even matter. In fact, we don't even need to put it underground. Because of activists fear mongering, the construction of underground storage has been blocked for decades. So the waste has been safely sitting on the surface all that time. Why change what works?