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by tremon 3680 days ago
There is no repository in the world available, that is either guaranteed to be secure for thousands of years of accepted by the population.

But we would have no need for "thousands of years" if the development of nuclear reactors is allowed to advance. Fast breeder reactors can use our current "waste" as fuel, leaving only stable and short-halflife isotopes as waste.