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> Is this a serious concern?

Yes.

See The art of the 10,000-year warning[1] and the full Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory Across Generations report[2].

Other proposed solutions include: the breeding of so-called "radiation cats" or "ray cats". Cats have a long history of cohabitation with humans, and this approach assumes that their domestication will continue indefinitely. These radiation cats would change significantly in color when they came near radioactive emissions and serve as living indicators of danger.[3]

[1] https://www.ans.org/news/article-416/the-art-of-the-10000yea...

[2] https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_15088

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warnin...




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