Accepting that you are not a troll, fine. Nature gives us many things that are toxic, and do not disappear even over "the entire duration of human civilization". Arsenic. Lead. Mercury, at times. Granted, nuclear waste may be concentrated rather than distributed in nature, but that concentration permits us to manage them sensibly. The reality of radioactive decay itself is no reason to consider nuclear waste any differently from the toxic elements we have naturally.
Slashdot Mirror
Accepting that you are not a troll, fine. Nature gives us many things that are toxic, and do not disappear even over "the entire duration of human civilization". Arsenic. Lead. Mercury, at times. Granted, nuclear waste may be concentrated rather than distributed in nature, but that concentration permits us to manage them sensibly. The reality of radioactive decay itself is no reason to consider nuclear waste any differently from the toxic elements we have naturally.