This is one of several misconceptions about nuclear energy: America’s nuclear waste is not buried in a mountain or tucked at the bottom of a deep, rocky cavern.
That is almost entirely because Americans are by and large opposed to living anywhere near nuclear waste, and suspicious of governments’ or utilities’ attempts to assuage nuclear fears.
The byproduct of nuclear energy is still associated with atomic bombs or nuclear meltdowns.
On the threshold of America’s nuclear energy renaissance, federal officials are pleading with communities to say yes to storing spent fuel.
No state has yet raised its hand to store the country’s nuclear energy waste, despite the lucrative deals it could foment.
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