US nuclear repository siting: too hot an issue for politicians to handle in 2013?

 

US nuclear repository siting: too hot an issue for politicians to handle in 2013?

 

Five decades of scientific study, the United States has been carrying out scientific study of its nuclear waste disposal options.

After 20 years of intensive site characterization studies at Yucca Mountain and with billions of dollars pumped into the US nuclear waste repository programme, how feasible will it be to start looking for another used nuclear fuel repository and how will onsite storage be dealt with?

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