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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Haste vs. Procrastination on Nuclear Waste

Haste vs. Procrastination on Nuclear Waste

Moving spent fuel from pools to dry casks in the absence of a long-term repository has pluses and minuses. On the plus side, the radiation will diminish during dry-cask storage, meaning that the fuel will need less space at its burial site someday.

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