Seattle Post-Intelligencer The United States faces a staggering nuclear waste disposal problem A special editorial page analysis by Solveig Torvik

• Experts disagree on safety of gaseous emissions
  One of the most contentious controversies at Yucca Mountain has been over the release of radioactive gas from the repository.

• The Genie
  An Editorial Cartoon from the April 21, 1998 issue of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• The Problem
  The crisis in a nutshell.

• The Plan
  Will a British company's proposal to turn waste into glass fix the problem or make it worse?

• The Graveyard
  Yucca Mountain, Nev., is the final resting place for America's nuclear waste ... or is it?

• The Alternative
  The French take a different approach: recycling their waste.

• Our Position
  Putting all eggs in one basket is a mistake.

• Background
  Vitrification: Turning spent nuclear fuel into glass.

• A Primer.
  A Nuclear Waste Primer

• A Timeline.
  Short-lived history of long-lived problem

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