Sentences with phrase «nuclear waste management strategy»

For career DOE employees, which had to stand by the Obama administration's actions to terminate the program, and then endure the BRC's consideration of a fresh nuclear waste management strategy beyond Yucca Mountain, a sense of futility is pervading.

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In the aftermath of Yucca's mothballing, the DOE has pursued a diverse strategy of nuclear waste management that includes tentative plans for consolidated interim storage facilities, tests of deep boreholes as another possible long - term storage technique, and the development of «consent - based» siting protocols to gain support from municipal and state governments.