Why can’t we dump nuclear waste in the same place we mine nuclear fuel?
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The problem with nuclear storage in America is we got about 60% of the way there in Nevada (Yucca Mountain) for a consolidated national site in an old mine that was pretty close to ready to reuse for this sort of thing but the political will died out and politicians killed it for “environmental concerns”. No one wants to fund a different site because the one in Nevada is clearly the better choice and would be much faster to get setup. Imo the feds should just force the issue and reverse course on Yucca with a big new nuclear push to decarbonize – or look into the new drilling disposal methods they’re using in north Europe nowadays.
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