Sandia National Labs suggest we take another look at underground salt deposits for nuclear waste

                               
Sandia National Labs suggests we take another look at underground salt deposits for nuclear waste

                                (PhysOrg.com) -- In light of the Obama administration's decision to effectively end the discussion of using the Yucca mountain site in Nevada as a location for permanent storage of nuclear waste, Sandia National Laboratories, (SNL) headquartered in Albuquerque, NM, has released a paper wherein it calls for new discussions about the possibility of using underground salt deposits to permanently store the nation’s growing stockpile of nuclear waste.