Climate change presents problems much more immediate and threatening than Cold War-era nuclear waste, Roy said.
“Probably going to have greater issues from climate change than the mobilization of radionuclides from the Cold War,” he said.
Its probably not disasterous, but I thought it was interesting as it raises the spectre of threats that are now appearing because we assumed we’d have a stable climate.
nUcLeAr WaStE nEvEr LeAkS!
Typically people are taking about things like high level waste from power plants produced today and which are properly stored, not random 60s military waste left in pits.