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Nuclear tombs and the distant discourse of danger

Future Tense

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Nuclear Semiotics: Communicating Danger Across Millennia

This chapter delves into the interdisciplinary challenges of developing a warning system for long-lived nuclear waste repositories, focusing on how to convey danger for tens of thousands of years. It discusses the inadequacy of existing symbols, explores alternative warning methods, and introduces the innovative concept of 'Raycats' as cultural markers for nuclear danger.

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