Chu Tells Senate 'Interim Options' for Nuclear Wastes Now Under Consideration. By Ayesha Rascoe, Reuters, March 5, 2009. "U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Thursday that his department is now considering short-term options for storage of nuclear waste since President Obama does not support moving forward with the planned nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. The department will consider solidifying liquid radioactive waste that is currently held at 121 locations across the nation, as the government works to develop a permanent solution for safe nuclear waste disposal. Chu said the department could solidify waste at current sites without environmental risk. 'The interim storage of waste with solidification is something we can do today,' Chu told lawmakers at a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee."
2009-03-06
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