Déjà vu for U.S. nuclear waste

Author:

Macfarlane Allison1,Ewing Rod2

Affiliation:

1. Allison Macfarlane is professor of Science Policy and International Affairs at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and director of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC, USA.

2. Rod Ewing is the Frank Stanton Professor in Nuclear Security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and a professor in Geological Sciences at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Abstract

With the arrival of the 115th U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives began hearings on the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017. The legislation restarts Yucca Mountain as a repository for highly radioactive waste. In 1987, Congress amended the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, selecting Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the only site to be studied, expecting the repository to open in 1998. It did not. Over the past 30 years, not much has changed. But going forward—or not—with Yucca Mountain will not address the systemic problems of the U.S. nuclear waste program, and this may well lead to continued failure.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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