Additionaly, almost everyone likes to take a NIMBY stance on storing nuclear waste. As a result, US power plants tend to store all of their nuclear waste on site, since they have no place else to go with it. So, because the public and politicians won’t accept the realities of the situation, nuclear waste is currently being stored in lots of our “back yards.”
Edit: The United States does not currently have a long term waste storage facility or a plan for one. Yucca Mountain, a little over an hour outside of Las Vegas, right by the Nevada Test Site, was proposed as a possible storage location in the 1980’s but ran into fierce objections from locals and the state of Nevada. Unfortunate, as it’s remote location actually makes it pretty ideal.
Additionaly, almost everyone likes to take a NIMBY stance on storing nuclear waste. As a result, US power plants tend to store all of their nuclear waste on site, since they have no place else to go with it. So, because the public and politicians won’t accept the realities of the situation, nuclear waste is currently being stored in lots of our “back yards.”
Edit: The United States does not currently have a long term waste storage facility or a plan for one. Yucca Mountain, a little over an hour outside of Las Vegas, right by the Nevada Test Site, was proposed as a possible storage location in the 1980’s but ran into fierce objections from locals and the state of Nevada. Unfortunate, as it’s remote location actually makes it pretty ideal.