Spørgsmålet om bortskaffelse og endelige lagring af det nye højradioaktive atomaffald, der opstår hver dag, og som vil afgive radioaktiv stråling i mindst 10.000 år endnu, er endnu uløst.
To date, nobody has been able to solve the problem of how to manage and store highly radioactive waste, more of which is being produced on a daily basis and which will continue to emit radiation for another 10 000 years at least.