My interest in nuclear energy and nuclear waste facilities is based on a study which argues that nuclear waste is the only mark that we will leave on this planet, a mark that will survive humanity as a civilisation.

Radiation stays with us, and it is the most persistent sign of us tampering with our physical world. How can we satisfy 8 billion people and their energy demand? Some say that nuclear energy is the perfect transitional energy, but does it justify the severity of the pollution it generates? How does this relate to the marks we found that were left by previous civilisations? What will they think of us in thousands and thousands of years?

In adventure movies, we see that opening ancient sarcophagi can cause diseases to spread, and everyone dies in the end. This very thing can happen in the future with our nuclear waste. How do we protect future communities from the poisonous scar that we’re leaving on the planet? Languages, symbols, and even the constellations are just as ephemeral as us.