The Hard Parts
Safety
What happens to the waste? Is this like Maxey Flats?
Used fuel would be stored on site under federal license, possibly for decades. Maxey Flats is a different kind of facility.
What we know
Used fuel goes to pools, then to dry casks on site under a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license. With no national repository, it may stay on site for decades.
Maxey Flats, a closed low-level waste disposal site in Fleming County that leaked, is a different kind of facility.
What we don’t know yet
When a national repository for used fuel will exist.
Who decides
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
How you can take part
Nuclear Regulatory Commission public meetings and hearings.
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