1. But, given that we already have the separated material, civilian reactors provide an efficient way of permanent disposal. 2. After that, NRC officials expect the fuel to be sent to a national repository for permanent disposal. 3. However, President Clinton refuses to go along, citing fears that it would derail efforts to find a permanent nuclear waste disposal solution. 4. Interim storage would remove the pressure to spend huge sums on a permanent disposal solution because interim storage will become - willfully or naively - mistaken for disposal. 5. On the other hand, many sit in places that hardly anybody would have chosen for permanent disposal. 6. The nuclear power industry is eager to find a permanent disposal site for its waste and is pushing the government to open Yucca. 7. With New York already short on landfill space, some of the debris could be shipped by rail as far as Georgia for permanent disposal. 8. But opponents worried the site, meant for interim storage, would become permanent since the federal government has no permanent disposal site. 9. But opponents worry that the site, meant for interim storage, will become permanent because the federal government has not designated a place for permanent disposal. 10. The nuclear power industry is eager to find a permanent disposal site. |