Spent nuclear fuel is the most substantive product of human civilization. It will be in our descendants' world long after our cities, languages and gods are forgotten.
"Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site"
"Nothing is produced at #Sellafield anymore. But making safe what is left behind is an almost unimaginably expensive and complex task that requires us to think not on a human timescale, but a planetary one"
@nuclearhumanities @sts #Windscale #nuclear #coldwar #EnvHist #nuclear #UK #Cumbria
Guardian Long Read: https://shrtm.nu/MOAp
@bojacobs @nuclearhumanities @sts and people think we should stop using nuclear power. Madness I say nuclear power is a necessary byproduct of making the artifact for which we will be remembered, not using that power would be an absolute waste.
