> Around the canisters there was no snow for about a 1 m (3.3 ft) radius, and the ground was steaming. I recall a discussion on HN about securing radioactive w

> Around the canisters there was no snow for about a 1 m (3.3 ft) radius, and the ground was steaming. I recall a discussion on HN about securing radioactive waste sites so that future, possibly illiterate, generations would understand the danger and keep off. Reading this I'm starting to doubt it's possible. I mean, no snow and steaming ground? Clearly suspicious. And this was the 21st century - these people must have been at least vaguely aware that nuclear power exists.