This is a plan of deep geologic repository in Germany. Wait, in Germany? I've heard Germany is closing down its nuclear plants?!
But who said it's #nuclear? Millions of tons of highly toxic mercury and arsenic waste is being stored worldwide in geologic repositories for decades. That's the only thing you can do because unlike nuclear waste you can't recycle these metals.
And it doesn't decay, so while nuclear waste will lose 95% radiotoxicity in just 100 years, mercury and arsenic will last forever!
When did you last hear Greenpeace chaining themselves to rails to prevent transport of mercury and arsenic waste to these mines? Never. Because it's not radioactive, it's not scary, even though it's much more toxic.
People just trust this salt mine will last forever, and they're right because this is what geology says.
