What Is the Best Long-Term Option for the Storage of High-Level

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Multiple Choice

What is the best long-term option for the storage of high-level radioactive waste in the U.S.?

• A)in compartments at the bottom of cooling towers at nuclear power plants.
• B)deep burial in steel waste canisters at distant sites from population centers
• C)injection underground between layers of clay in remote areas
• D)storage in concrete casks at the bottom of the ocean
• E)export it to foreign locations

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