Taking a Fresh Look at Nuclear Waste

New York Times: The American program to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and other highly radioactive wastes is at a standstill for a variety of reasons. First-of-a-kind efforts tend to be technologically difficult, but the real problems are not hardware issues, according to a new book, "Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste." "The technical characteristics of nuclear waste make the disposal problem difficult, yet it is the human factors that have made it intractable,'' the authors, William M....

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