Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

U.S. politics plagues nuclear waste management, panel says

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Nuclear waste management in the United States is not a technical issue but a political one due to differing energy priorities from administration to administration, a panel said Monday at City College of New York in New York, N.Y.
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