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New York Nuke Waste in Limbo as Concerns Rise
2013-04-16 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Over one million kgs of nuclear waste sit in limbo on the banks of the Hudson River, in dry cask storage units and spent fuel pools just 60 kms north of New York City, according to environmental organisations. The original plan was to bury the nuclear waste in a national repository deep beneath Yucca Mountain, in the southwestern deserts of the U.S. But that plan fell through when President Barack Obama's administration defunded the project. Nuclear waste is known for its long-lasting qualities...
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