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Why do engineers and geologists try to find disposal sites that are unlikely to

be damaged by movements of the Earth?

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Answer: The only way to make the radioactive wastes nonhazardous is to let them sit for thousands of years until the radioactivity decreases to safe levels. Therefore, engineers and geologists search for disposal sites that probably will not be damaged by movements of the Earth for thousands of years.

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