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Feasibility Study Planned for Entombing Oak Ridge Molten Salt Reactor Experiment

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U.S. Department of Energy officials are continuing to evaluate the possibility of entombing the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, possibly burying contaminated structures below ground in grout.
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