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Nuclear Regulator Says Waste Isn’t An “Urgent” Problem

Nuclear Regulator Says Waste Isn’t An “Urgent” Problem

The Business Insider Jay Yarow|Jul. 23, 2009,
“………….Finding a permanent site for spent nuclear fuel in the U.S. isn’t “an urgent problem,” the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said…………. he’s wrong that it’s not an urgent problem.

Over the past two decades, the government gathered billions of dollars from utilities for a national storage facility. That facility was supposed to be Yucca Mountain, which was eliminated earlier this year. The power companies have spent billions of their own dollars on storage facilities.

Utilities are suing the government for $11 billion. While the government twiddles its thumbs trying to come up with a solution, this problem only gets worse.

July 28, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1