Coincidentally, we just sprung a leak at a nuclear waste repository in New Mexico.  The “disposal” plan here is to put steel containers in an “ancient” salt dome deep underground and eventually collapse the tunnels, effectively sealing the place off.

Though you can’t help but who is going to do what when the salt works its way through the steel.

“Officials at WIPP continue to monitor the situation,” spokeswoman Deb Gill said to the LA Times back on Monday. “We are emphasizing there is no threat to human health and the environment.”

She also said that officials know very little about the extent and source of the problem or how to solve it.