Nuclear Waste Disposal Sites Still Rare After All These Years

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The Quest for Long-Term SNF Storage

The POWER online archives should be your first reference source for technical and regulatory coverage of the frequently contentious debate about long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and reprocessing. For example, the following 10 articles may be useful in your research:

■    “MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility: Turning Swords into Plowshares,” December 2012
■    “The U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Policy, Part 2: Playing Hardball,” November 2011
■    “THE BIG PICTURE: Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal,” August 2011
■    “PRISM: A Promising Near-Term Reactor Option,” August 2011
■    “GAO: U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy Plagued with Uncertainties,” June 2011
■    “NRC Chairman Floats Plan for Long-Term Spent Fuel Storage,” November 2010
■    “The U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Policy: Road to Nowhere,” May 2010
■    “Patchy Progress in Europe with Radioactive Waste Management,” January 2009
■    “How to Solve the Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Problem,” August 2008
■    “Developing the Next Generation of Reactors,” April 2008