It would work by using the neutrons from fusion to help turn nuclear waste into nuclear fuel and then burn it until almost none is left.
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board concurs, adding that reprocessing may reduce nuclear waste but it does not yet eliminate it.
Berkely said transporting the nuclear waste to Nevada will damage the environment and do little to remedy the nation's nuclear-waste disposal dilemma.
CNN: Nevada representative warns against nuclear waste storage
Cleanup of radioactive waste at nuclear sites across the country would be delayed.
Carl Iwan Clowes, of People Against Wylfa B (Pawb), said the waste from nuclear power stations created problems for future generations.
Whether it's at Yucca or somewhere else, having a central repository of nuclear waste would be a better solution than keeping it at the individual nuclear plant sites, Was said.
In fact, more nuclear waste has gone into WIPP than was ever destined for that other famous nuclear repository, Yucca Mountain.
In February, prosecutors accused the director of Mayak, Russia's main waste processing plant in the Ural Mountains, of allowing tons of radioactive nuclear waste to flow into a nearby river.
Nevada's Yucca Mountain is the "furthest along and most advanced" high-level nuclear waste repository, Cheney said.
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Three Cumbria councils have deferred plans to allow tests for a possible underground nuclear waste repository.
The budget also cuts funding for the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage program.
Storing nuclear waste beneath the Lake District could deter people from visiting, national park bosses claim.
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The government's agreed solution to the storage question is to bury the nuclear waste.
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This is the proposal to use a Nevada mountain site as a nuclear waste repository.
The growing mountain of nuclear waste from fission reactors, however, has recently rekindled interest in the scheme.
On Saturday, barrels made to look like nuclear waste were rolled through Bridgwater as part of a procession.
But, as in the U.S., Spain has yet to overcome the problem of disposing of its nuclear waste.
And he's also pointed out that the problem of the country's high level nuclear waste hasn't gone away.
Among other things, his team has designed a nuclear reactor that would use nuclear waste as its fuel.
The shipments to Nevada will have reduced on-site storage of nuclear waste by just 4 percent, she added.
CNN: Nevada representative warns against nuclear waste storage
It said Rosneft had also carried out a study focused on nuclear waste disposal in the Kara Sea.
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But no land was laid waste by any nuclear accident in this time.
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On the contrary, the world will need to manage a massive stockpile of nuclear waste for generations to come.
This uses depleted uranium as its power source and is believed to produce less nuclear waste than other designs.
Such units, for example, generally come with a nuclear waste storage containment device.
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Only two local issues have led both candidates to break ranks with the party brass: nuclear waste and gambling.
The U.S. is still trying to decide whether to go ahead with its Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
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