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We were going to put it inside a mountain in Nevada—Congress even passed a law authorizing it—but politics ended up killing the project. https://en.wikipedia.or
by marcoperaza 11y ago
We were going to put it inside a mountain in Nevada—Congress even passed a law authorizing it—but politics ended up killing the project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_r...
- foota 11y agoI recall hearing that it wasn't so much politics as the potential for it to poison nearby water?
- marcoperaza 11y agohttp://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/10/10greenwire-gao-death-of-yucca-mountain-caused-by-politica-36298.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/10/10greenwire-gao-deat...
- kiiski 11y agoIn Finland we have a similiar project[0] under construction. The intention is to store spent nuclear fuel there from 2020-2120 and then seal the facility. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repository https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repo...