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Usually when a plane crashes there isn't a risk for a ecological disaster that could lasts centuries if not more.

• hinkley 6y ago
  Millennia. Epochs. Modern humans have been around for less time than some of this waste will still be hot.
  • kvakkefly 6y ago
    If the half life is that long, it's not very dangerous as energy / time is very low.
    • hinkley 6y ago
      Only if the decay product is not itself radioactive. I could alternate between alpha decay and something nastier. And if it’s radium then even alpha decay is a problem because it can be aspirated.
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• orthecreedence 6y ago
  Like oil spills?