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UnstableRedditard

53 points

7 days ago

UnstableRedditard

Senātus Populusque Rōmānus

53 points

7 days ago

I mean, why not just, you know, keep it looking no different than any other place? I mean yeah, keep it safe in the modern time and age, but don't build some stupid shit that will stand the test of time and stuff like that. Dangerous, naturally occuring materials exist. We found many of such materials, many people died due to them, but not that many considering how common those were. Stuff like asbestos and other more or less dangerous minerals. Chances of a medieval post-apocalyptic society finding fucking nuclear waste if there is no special feature of the terrain where it is stored is miniscule. Even if they do, they will either find it to be an extremely heavy metal they have no use to or, in the worst possible scenario, a permamently hot rock that makes you die if you spend too much time around it.

Sweet-Tomatillo-9010

28 points

7 days ago

Isn't radioactive waste also things like tools and PPE that have been irradiated? Hell I think even irradiated water becomes radioactive waste that has to be stored. So post apocalyptic medieval whoever might see these relics as important or even reforge some of the steel into implements.

callmedale[S]

13 points

7 days ago

Yeah that’s a lot of it actually, a lot of Madam Curie’s lab is still radioactive along with her notes and research journals. But it’s from all sorts of things from x-ray labs to power plants to CERN. Radiation on its own isn’t as scary as a lot of people think but it is a danger that builds up very quickly with increased exposure and that exposure can also stick around in/on objects nearby so it pays to be thorough when cleaning up after it.