The US Still Doesn’t Know How and Where It Will Store Its Growing Nuclear Waste
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The US Still Doesn’t Know How and Where It Will Store Its Growing Nuclear Waste

The US has no coherent plan in place to manage nuclear waste from weapons manufacturing piling up at more than 150 sites. The estimated cost of handling has gone up to $512 billion at last count; and, the waste will have to somehow remain safely stored for 10,000 years or more …