Borehole project for exploring nuclear waste disposal shut down

http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/region/3959967-borehole-project-exploring-nuclear-waste-disposal-shut-down


My comment:
The wrong parties were pursuing this. This task should have been given to the U.S. Geological Survey who has the technical expertise to deal with bore holes in suitable environments. They are the guts of the federal government's earth science capability. USGS has a relationship with the states that is materially different than DOE or its contractors, labs, etc. USGS also had the final say on whether an underground nuclear test was to proceed during the period that of weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site.