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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Nuclear Industry Ponders Next Step for Waste

Industry awaits new approach for nuclear wastehttp://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_powo101103NuclearIndus
 

Industry observers are looking at how the Obama administration plans to handle permanent nuclear-waste storage after it decided to abandon the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada. The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, set up by the administration, is heading discussions on future nuclear-waste policy. "It's certainly [going to be] a starting point for whatever happens," said Rod McCullum, director of the Nuclear Energy Institute's used-fuel program. Engineering News-Record
 
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