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Where should the US store its nuclear waste?

6 April 2011

�鶹��ý. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. — Store it in salt? . See more in our gallery here
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Underground deposits of salt, shale and granite are among the options – �鶹��ý weighs the pros and cons of each. See more in our gallery here.

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