Nuclear Waste Needs Permanent Disposal, U.S. Panel Says
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The U.S. should set up one or more sites to store radioactive nuclear waste for millenia, members of an Obama administration panel said.
“Permanent disposal is needed under all reasonably foreseeable scenarios,” according to a subcommittee’s report to the Energy Department’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. The commission, which includes former elected officials, industry executives and environmental advocates, met in Washington today to prepare for its draft report due July 29.