Nuclear Waste: A Warning Sign to Last 10,000 Years
Nukes here. Stay away. Brandon Alms hide caption
Those cute bunnies on the left are meant to warn future people -- really future people -- away from a nuclear waste dump. Created by Brandon Alms, the artwork was a winning entry in the Desert Space Foundation's contest to design a universal warning sign for a radioactive repository planned for Yucca Mountain.
As part of our series on the renaissance of nuclear power, we're looking at the problem of nuclear waste.
One challenge: What kind of warning sign would still say "stay away" to humans living 10,000 years from now? Host Alison Stewart suggested something in red, to which I would counter, "Christmas." You?