As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutions

The materials that people most want to vitrify (fission products) mostly decay in 500 years in which case it's not such a big concern that the glass lasts for much more than 1000 years.

If you are storing plutonium on the other hand (as exists in spent fuel rods) the half-life is 24,000 years and the problem is much worse. On the other hand, plutonium is a good fuel and can be consumed instead of thrown out.

LOL. Nuclear energy is great they say... I can remember reading similar articles 30 years ago.