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New York to Build One of First U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation (archive.today)
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[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yea Yucca mountain is a sad tale. A lack of community engagement and politics ruined what was other wise a geotechnically sound design. Having a national repository for a nation as large as the US might be impractical in retrospect especially involving interstate rail transport. I think local containment of waste is key to reduce shipping costs and trailing the waste through developed areas. That requires planning a nuclear site near a geological repository which might not be part of design plans.

Also that NM repository I haven’t heard of, will be reading more