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geologic repository

Why US nuclear waste policy got stalled. And what to do about it.

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Waste

The thorny social problem of permanent nuclear waste storage

By Austyn Gaffney | Nuclear Waste

The underground Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada

The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site has always been a political football. Trump is the latest president to fumble

By Allison Macfarlane | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion