Are There Any Long-term Storage Or Disposal Solutions Already In Place In The United States?
There is one long-term disposal site for nuclear waste in the United States. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, is approved to accept and dispose of defense related transuranic waste. Defense-related transuranic waste is waste that resulted from the development and production of nuclear weapons in the United States. WIPP has suspended operations until it can recover from a release of radioactive material in February 2014.
