Are there any journalists that understand radio isotopes? "OMG a half-life of 14 billion years" as if thats a bad thing. An extremely long half-life means it's not very radio active, thus not a big problem. Just wait until they hear how long the half-life of a proton is, 6.6×10^33 years! I'd be much more concerned with the swimming pools of sulfuric acid and chemical by products than the radioactivity.