Experts say Vt. Yankee's nuke waste is here to stay

[bananas]

http://www.timesargus.com/article/20090130/NEWS02/901300357/1003/NEWS02

Experts say Vt. Yankee's nuke waste is here to stay
By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau - Published: January 30, 2009

MONTPELIER – Don't count on Yucca Mountain or any other national solution for the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel, a consulting group told lawmakers Thursday.

As the Vermont Legislature considers Vermont Yankee's proposal to continue operating past its 2012 expiration date, lawmakers should assume that all the radioactive spent fuel left will be stored on-site in Vernon, nuclear consultants said.

Bruce Lacy, the founder of Iowa's Lacy Consulting Group, told members of several House and Senate committees that dry cask storage of this waste material at nuclear power plants has become the default United States policy.

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[NNadir]

1. What experts? You and the circle jerk? You're pretty bad at soothsaying.

[kristopher]

2. Interesting they haven't considered rising seal levels

On the viability of local storage.

Good look at the limited choices facing local communities hosting nuclear plants.