> And the waste needs to be paid for for 100,000 years. No, it only needs to be protected until the radioactivity is the same as background level, or whatever

> And the waste needs to be paid for for 100,000 years. No, it only needs to be protected until the radioactivity is the same as background level, or whatever comes from a banana (which is much higher than background level but still safe). Seriously the amount of radioactive waste produced is extremely small and dealing with it may be a political problem because people are irrationally terrified, but it's not a technical or financial problem. Dig a hole, put the waste in, and cover it up. It's not some lighter than air stuff that will bubble out of the hole, form a monster, and then ravage the earth. Now do the same for recycling many billions of tons of batteries and solar panels each year, which are made of lead, which is a known toxin and never stops being a toxin. Solar, wind, and battery waste is a much harder and much more expensive problem to deal with -- one that we don't have any practical solutions for at the moment.