Why can’t we dump nuclear waste in the same place we mine nuclear fuel?

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Why can’t we dump nuclear waste in the same place we mine nuclear fuel?

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Functionally, there’s no real problem with preparing a depleted mine to store waste, this is often done in other mining operations. However, the politics of it are very complex and generally it’s very unlikely for congress to improve anything given how much money they receive from adversarial lobbyist organizations.

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