This is a trick question
Nuclear waste should not be stored at all.
But as we have some and need to store it, where is an important consideration.
Transport is risky.
Where you store it has to be able to handle it if it leaks for a million years or so, at least until its safe to handle.
The US government has a facility that sounds good, A old salt mine that could hold the danger for a very long time. But is it really in a geologically stable place?
Can it leak waste?
Will there be an accident moving the waste?
Should special storage be built where the waste is?
Nuclear plants
yes, Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives. However, this creates no problems. This wastes are either confined in the spent nuclear fuel (that is stored either in wet storage or in dry storage facilities) or stored as vitrified nuclear waste.
1,000,000 years
In the Lake of Salt Lake.....You can't find them no wherelse..
Radioactive wastes are stored in mines; in normal condition they have a nonsignificant effect on the nature.
Yes.
In the US they're stored on site.
they dump it in the ocean
It should be stored in safe storage in sparsely inhabited, seismically quiet areas. But, here kicks in NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). See about Yucca mountain nuclear waste storage.
jre
Nuclear waste is typically stored in secure facilities called nuclear waste repositories. These repositories are specially designed to safely contain and isolate the radioactive waste from the environment for long periods of time.
For now nuclear waste is stored on site where the waste was generated. In a few years US will begin to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada but no official date has been set.
Nuclear plants
No
It just has to be stored for centuries
This is a trick question Nuclear waste should not be stored at all. But as we have some and need to store it, where is an important consideration. Transport is risky. Where you store it has to be able to handle it if it leaks for a million years or so, at least until its safe to handle. The US government has a facility that sounds good, A old salt mine that could hold the danger for a very long time. But is it really in a geologically stable place? Can it leak waste? Will there be an accident moving the waste? Should special storage be built where the waste is?
The government and companies will pay states and cities money for using their land for storage of nuclear waste. Nuclear waste can be dangerous, but when stored safely it is no danger. Nuclear waste is produced by nuclear power plants, which produce large amounts of cheap electricity.