DOE Still Likes Rock Salt for Nuclear Waste Storage

Chris Schneidmiller
WC Monitor
1/15/2016
The Department of Energy is politely pushing back against new research suggesting rock salt might not be a fully safe for underground storage of nuclear waste in New Mexico.
Salt beds are used for storage of low-level…

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