Final Nuke Waste Strategy Could be Years Away, Observers Say

Massive containers hold spent nuclear fuel at safe and secure dry storage facilities. This photo shows, at right, dry cask recently loaded with spent fuel being lifted from a horizontal transporter to be placed vertically on a specially-designed storage pad. Courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories.

Despite another burst of activity in Congress, it could be years or even decades more before the United States settles on a final strategy for disposal of its growing stockpile of nuclear waste, according to issue watchers.
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