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Drilling deep under the US to dispose of nuclear waste [1]

There are times when letting go is the best way to move forward. When the US abandoned plans for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca mountain, Nevada, there was no alternative in sight. Now, less than two months after that decision to walk away from a decades-long, multibillion-dollar boondoggle, a promising solution is coming into view.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2010
Phil Mckenna [2]
New Scientist [3]
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Tags:
Waste Disposal [4], Hazardous Waste [5], Nuclear Wastes [6], United States Of America (US) [7]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/phil-mckenna
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-wastes
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us