And within a century after that, melting could begin to release
waste stored at the camp, including sewage, diesel fuel, persistent organic pollutants like PCBs, and radiological
waste from the camp's
nuclear generator, which was removed during decommissioning.
While the senator did not comment on a long - term
waste management effort, his spokesperson noted that in May 2017, Markey sponsored the Dry Cask Storage Act, a bill that would essentially allow the NRC to give
nuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approved
nuclear generators grants from interest earned from the
Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approved
Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approved plans.