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Nuclear Waste Disposal: Fact Sheets

Backgrounders on topics related to nuclear waste management and disposal.
 
  Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants
This fact sheet explains the process of decommissioning a nuclear power plant after it is removed from service. This regulated process includes the removal and disposal of radioactive components and materials.
  Disposal of Commercial Low-Level Radioactive Waste
This fact sheet describes the various types of commercial low-level radioactive waste and the regulatory requirements for their disposal.
  Experience, Testing Confirm Transportation of Used Nuclear Fuel Is Safe, Reliable
The nuclear energy industry has completed more than 3,000 shipments of used nuclear fuel over the past 40 years with no injuries, fatalities or environmental damage as a result of the radioactive nature of the cargo, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
  Safely Managing Used Nuclear Fuel
This fact sheet details how used fuel is stored safely at nuclear power plant sites.
  Status of Used Nuclear Fuel Storage at U.S. Commercial Nuclear Plants
This list gives the year in which commercial nuclear plants in the United Statse plan to augment storage space in the steel-lined concrete pools that hold used nuclear fuel assemblies on-site upon removal from the reactor.
  Used Nuclear Fuel in Storage at Shutdown Reactors
There are 15 shutdown commercial reactors at 14 sites in 10 states with used nuclear fuel in storage in pools or dry casks. This fact sheet shows the quantities and locations (in metric tons uranium) of the stored used fuel. Four of these locations have operating reactors.

 

 
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Aerial View of Yucca Mountain

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