DOE Nuclear Waste Disposal Met with Skepticism

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The United States has an opportunity to start disposing of defense nuclear waste, including Hanford waste, sooner and at less cost by abandoning a one-size-fits-all approach, a federal energy official said recently. Mary Louise Wagner, senior adviser to the energy secretary, said much has changed since the 1985 decision to dispose of used commercial fuel and defense waste together. The production of new defense waste ended with the Cold War and the plan to dispose of it had been controversial, costly and marked by delays.