Chu: Yucca no longer option for nuclear waste
The federal government is obligated by law to accept the used reactor fuel from 104 commercial power reactors, but as yet it has no place to put it.,,
To date about $13.5 billion has been spent on the (Yucca Mountain) project and last year the Bush administration submitted an application for a construction and operating license to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
"What's wrong with Yucca Mountain, Mr. Chu," McCain asked at an Energy and Natural ...
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Uranium mining is also not a long-term solution. So not only the end-process of nuclear storage is a problem, but the "cradle" phase as well, requiring uranium extraction, which is a toxic process.