The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste in the U.S. will continue, probably for many ...

to hold spent fuel from the nuclear reactor. Courtesy Energy Northwest The secure outdoor used fuel storage area at Columbia Generating Station has 54 concrete and steel casks, each about 185 tons.

As of December 2024, there were over 315,000 bundles of spent nuclear fuel rods in the U.S., and over 3,800 dry storage casks in concrete vaults above ground, located at current and former power ...