Why nuclear-warship disposal is deferred

Why do people often fail to consider how long nuclear vessels take to dispose of?

Public debate is often shaped by politicians whose incentives favour issues within their own terms of office, making long-term disposal easier to defer.

Nuclear-warship disposal is an institutional problem as much as an engineering one. Politicians who define much public discussion tend to focus on problems likely to mature during their own time in office. That mismatch leaves expensive end-of-life obligations easier to postpone than to fund.