The summary is:
The text is a transcript of a segment from the show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where he talks about the problem of nuclear waste in the US. He explains how nuclear waste is dangerous, long-lasting, and poorly stored in various locations across the country. He also shows how this issue has been ignored for decades, despite the scientific consensus that a permanent underground storage facility is needed. He criticizes the government for failing to find a solution and urges action before a crisis happens. He uses humor, sarcasm, and visual aids to make his points and engage the audience.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Nuclear waste is the radioactive and toxic byproducts from making nuclear energy and weapons.
2. Nuclear waste is a serious health hazard that can cause cancers, mutations and environmental damage.
3. The US has more than 71,000 tons of nuclear waste stranded at the nation's 104 reactors and more than 100 million gallons of hazardous liquid waste from producing weapons.
4. One out of three Americans lives within 50 miles of high level nuclear waste, some of which, like plutonium, is lethally dangerous and will be around for 240,000 years.
5. The US has no permanent storage facility for the most dangerous, high-level waste, and has been leaving it where it was made, often in unsafe and leaky conditions.
6. The scientific consensus for decades has been that the best place to store nuclear waste is in a deep underground repository, such as Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but the project has been stalled by political opposition and legal challenges.
7. The problem of nuclear waste has been known since 1957, but the US has failed to act on it and is risking a catastrophic accident or a terrorist attack.
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