Whats wrong with the DOEs plan to leave things on-site?
Nothing is wrong with the DOE’s plan as long as natural processes like erosion never happen, the usual leaks don’t occur, funding and technology are made available for one hundred thousand years, and our government last for that same duration. In other words, if the DOE is allowed to leave things on site we will have to maintain the site for a time period that just seems unreasonable. How many governments last beyond five hundred years? The DOE’s plan also encases the waste in concrete. It will be virtually impossible to fix the inevitable leaks, exhume the waste when there is a problem, or safely monitor it at the source.
