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Why is waste disposal of nuclear materials a serious problem?

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Nuclear waste can stay in a single place for thousands of years and cannot be habitable for human nor any kind of life. For example Chernobyl.
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I think nuclear waste remains active for thousands of years and therefore must be kept far away from society. 
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