The U.S. Has 100K Tons of Nuclear Waste. Why Is There Still No Plan? | WSJ Pro Perfected

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The U.S. holds more nuclear waste than any nation worldwide yet has no permanent disposal site, relying instead on temporary storage never designed for permanence. Former NRC Chair Allison Macfarlane explains why decades of policy failures led to this impasse and what's needed to establish long-term solutions.

• •U.S. has 100K+ tons of commercial nuclear waste with no permanent repository
• •Yucca Mountain project failure left country dependent on temporary storage
• •Policy reform and political will required to implement lasting solution

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