Column: Addressing our waste with eyes wide open

Column: Addressing our waste with eyes wide open

Three decades ago the Prairie Island nuclear facility near Red Wing faced a public relations dilemma, as well as a practical problem of spent radioactive fuel rods needing to be stored somewhere.

LETTER : Surface is not the right place for spent nuclear fuel

A deep geological repository keeps the fuel safe for the long-term, without the need for active management.

A ship with highly radioactive nuclear waste on board from Great Britain has landed at the port of Nordenham in Lower Saxony. Castor containers are taken to an intermediate storage facility in Bavaria.

A ship with highly radioactive nuclear waste on board from Great Britain has landed at the port of Nordenham in Lower Saxony. Castor containers are taken to an intermediate storage facility in Bavaria.

CHRONICLE: Fears of power shortages and industrial flight have led over 60 municipalities to contact Norsk Kjernekraft AS to assess whether local SMR nuclear power plants could be a solution. An important issue is how the radioactive waste will be handled.

From the Torre de Control de Vigilación you can observe the dimension of the infrastructure. The only radioactive solid waste storage center in Spain is perfectly rigged in the natural environment of the Sierra Albarrana, in the province of Córdoba. And it will be the same environment that keeps those waste for 300 years until its radiation decays under the ground. Meanwhile, there are two white platforms built there, which are seen from the hei…