I think the figure is on a per-individual basis. Some quick googling revealed this: http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/Nuclear-Statistics/On-Site-Storage-of-Nu

I think the figure is on a per-individual basis. Some quick googling revealed this: http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/Nuclear-Statistics/On-Site-Storage-of-Nuclear-Waste http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/Nuclear-Statistics/On-Si... > Over the past four decades, the entire industry has produced 76,430 metric tons of used nuclear fuel. If used fuel assemblies were stacked end-to-end and side-by-side, this would cover a football field about eight yards deep.