Much has changed since the Nuclear Waste Policy Act became law in 1982, which allowed the Secretary of Energy to remove spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants in exchange for fees and transported to a permanent geological repository.
Pallone reflects on the lack of progress in nuclear waste management since 1982.
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