We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open.

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium.

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field.

Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste?

I noticed the sliding glass door wouldn't open. The concrete under the door had cracked and buckled upward and jammed the door into its frame.