Why can’t we dump nuclear waste in the same place we mine nuclear fuel?

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Why can’t we dump nuclear waste in the same place we mine nuclear fuel?

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Better idea would be to store the waste a couple years/decades then store it in the deep ocean. Water is a great insulator of radiation and the ocean is large enough that there would be no noticeable increase in radiation once you get more than a couple meters away.

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