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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- U.S. nuclear regulators licensed a multibillion-dollar complex to temporarily store tons of spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico from commercial power plants around the nation, a decision likely to be challenged in court.
Hot and highly radioactive, spent fuel can only be handled by machines. People have to be physically shielded from it, usually by steel or concrete.
Hot and highly radioactive, spent fuel can only be handled by machines. People have to be physically shielded from it, usually by steel or concrete.
U.S. nuclear regulators licensed a multibillion-dollar complex to temporarily store tons of spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico from commercial power plants around the nation, a decision likely to be challenged in court.
U.S. nuclear regulators have issued a license for a multibillion-dollar complex in New Mexico to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants around the nation.