Re:Forests Around Chernobyl Aren’t Decaying Properly
by dalke on Sunday March 16, 2014 @05:50PM
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I think you mean "the more radioactive nuclear waste is, as a rule, the faster it decays". "Danger" is function of half-life, decay mode, and pharmacokinetics, and some longer-lived isotopes are more dangerous than some shorter-lived isotopes.
It's a minor detail which doesn't really distract from your major point.
It's a very difficult problem to deal with -- politically. Technically, it's not a non-issue, but it is easier to deal with than, say, the horribly toxic tailings ponds that you get from most mining processes, or the residues from the tar sands. And those, unlike nuclear waste, are produced in massive quantities, and do not decay naturally.