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Italians revolt against plans for nuclear waste dump in historic rural idyll
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
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Nuclear material going missing and small scale accidents with it happen all the time even just with sources used in medical devices and other uses for elements with relatively low radioactivity. And people already don't know how to recognize the signs of radiation poisoning today.
How much worse would it be in a society that forgot a storage site was there?
To reach a long term nuclear waste disposal you'd have to take some massive conscious effort. We're talking about at least 500m deep mines. Definitely not something you'll stumble upon on your Sunday walk.