Stored, it's a resource, not waste, they say. When the former Soviet Union fell apart, so did its security, he said. If the U.S. sets an example, then the rest of the world may keep bomb-grade materials out of the wrong hands, Canter said. Besides, Yucca Mountain has not been named as a permanent high-level nuclear waste dump, he said. He also criticized the DOE for ignoring basic scientific solutions, such as shooting nuclear waste with 25,000 volts of X-rays to neutralize radioactive waste or collecting the radiation in colloids.
Colloids are solids, liquids or gases that hold a substance in suspension.
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