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An Evaluation of Our National Policy to Manage Nuclear Waste from Power Plants
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The current national policy to manage nuclear waste from power plants is to dispose of it in a repository to be constructed at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. With many different assumptions about uncertainties and objectives, this strategy is shown to be the equivalent of $10,000 million to $50,000 million inferior to other available strategies. The implications of the analysis strongly suggest that our national policy to manage nuclear waste should be changed.
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Nuclear Waste Base Case Analysis Spend Nuclear Fuel Cancer Cure Intergenerational Equity
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