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It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste

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It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste With growing interest in nuclear power, handling waste should be part of the deal. Today, nuclear energy enjoys a rare moment of support across the political spectrum in the US. Interest from tech companies that are scrambling to meet demand for massive data centers has sparked a resurgence of money and attention in the industry. That newfound interest is...
The narrative presents nuclear waste as an urgent but solvable problem, framing the U.S. as lagging behind other nations despite its leadership in nuclear energy. The strongest version of this argument is that technological and political momentum for nuclear power must be paired with long-term waste solutions to avoid passing the burden to future generations. The article highlights Finland’s progress as a model, contrasting it with the U.S.’s stalled Yucca Mountain project, which has been mired ...