21.   Nuclear plant operators need to store spent fuel on site because the federal government has not yet come up with a permanent storage place.

22.   Russia is scheduled to present its plan for permanent storage this fall at an international seminar.

23.   So far, about half of the spent fuel rods have been put in steel and concrete shells for permanent storage.

24.   Texaco recently dropped off big permanent storage tanks to replace the temporary ones that had been used at the well sites.

25.   The fuel, however, must later be transferred to a permanent storage.

26.   The government still is looking for a permanent storage site to hold the waste after that.

27.   They also complain that the waste sits indefinitely at temporary storage sites because there is not yet a permanent storage facility.

28.   They also complain that the waste will sit indefinitely at the temporary site, because Germany has no plans yet for permanent storage.

29.   The waste will be kept at Lubmin until Germany designates a permanent storage site.

30.   They want nuclear plant operators to store the spent fuel on site in temporary facilities until a solution for a permanent storage site is identified.