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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why can't we dump nuclear waste in the same place we mine nuclear fuel?
gpt
Old mining shafts are the most common places to store nuclear waste, so we kind of do that.


Its just that these shafts have to be checked and prepeared because if there is for example leaking water, it could radiate whole lakes and countries.