high-level waste
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There are even bigger stakes in dealing with the high-level waste.
From New York Times • May 31, 2023
The Energy Department was shipping high-level waste to Idaho until a series of lawsuits between the state and the federal government in the 1990s led to a settlement agreement.
From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2021
The company plans to expand the interim facility in seven phases to take up to 40,000 tons of high-level waste, which would be stored in sealed containers.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021
A recent Royal Commission report argues that South Australia could profit by storing high-level waste from nuclear reactors overseas, buried deep underground at a location still to be chosen.
From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2016
New Mexico, in agreeing to WIPP, required that Congress enshrine in law a promise that the feds would not send high-level waste into the state.
From Forbes • Jan. 25, 2012
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