[cmsmith]

There is also a lot of more dangerous nuclear material scattered all over the country in bombs and power plants - none of which are designed to last more than a few decades. If society does collapse, and that collapse is not precipitated by total nuclear war, then it seems like the spent fuel won't even be the worst of the nuclear worries out there.

[xvilka]

I think nuclear submarines are even more dangerous, since marine environment is much more aggressive than terrestrial one. Thus it will lead to very fast corrosion and reactor's shell corruption. But nobody cares about that.