Over the past week, countries around the world have announced plans to check the safety of operating reactors and rethink nuclear power policies. (sciencemag.org)
So by operating a reactor on pure thorium and uranium - 233, you can avoid producing the kind of long - lived waste that needs a place like Yucca Mountain. (treehugger.com)
Transfers of casks from operating reactors could follow, and the report authors said that would help resolve a long - running court dispute over payments nuclear plant operators are required to make to the federal government in return for federal storage of the spent fuel — a bargain the federal government has not kept. (scientificamerican.com)