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Well, unless the mountain literally splits open, it will likely collapse on itself and be automatically capped anyway. Nothing like an entire mountain of solid granite to block radiation.
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If it were granite, that might be swell, but Yucca is a nice, soft, porous rock, and a good crack could take the waste straight to the water table.
That, and it's tricky to design a warning sign that we can be sure will be understood in ten thousand years.
Personally, I have trouble understanding why nuclear waste can't be used for power generation. It sure seems to have a lot of energy to be worthless.