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In the US high level waste, ie spent fuel unloaded from reactors, is not disposed of, it is stored in water filled pools on the power station sites. In some cases the pools provided have been filled and above ground storage in shielded containers has been resorted to. A repository for long term storage has been proposed for Yucca Mountain Nevada, but no use has been made of this, and I believe there is no permission yet for transport of the material to Yucca Mountain, so that has to be part of the solution.

This problem will have to be solved eventually, especially as more nuclear stations are now to be built.

There must be storage places for low level waste arising at other locations - medical waste for example, but I have no information on these.

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