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Most nuclear waste is stored on the premises of nuclear plants.

http://www.omaha.com/money/nuclear-waste-with-nowhere-else-to-go-languishes-at-nppd/article_03fdad03-6dc8-5933-a3c0-38c3c5d80020.html

Most plants have aged out, are defacto repositories for spent fuel and push skyrocketing tritium contamination into the water table. Blue sky pro nuclear propaganda works every time.

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Yes high level waste (spent fuel) in the United States is stored on the premises because the government has failed to honor agreements to take possession of high level waste. As a result utilities have turned to dry storage until the government takes possession. The dry storage systems are very safe, and have been licensed by the NRC. Low level waste (contaminated coveralls, etc) are shipped to approved storage sites. Yes, tritium is produced as part of the operation of water cooled reactors. Tritium is usually vented to the atmosphere in low concentration within the NRC limits, not skyrocketing levels at all.

By the way, the subject Russian floating reactor is a liquid metal cooled design, similar to their latest submarine reactor designs, so no tritium being produced.pP> My so called “blue sky propaganda” is based on a lifetime in the U.S. nuclear industry. Unverified “dead whale propaganda” on the other hand?

As previously stated I have concerns with Russian construction quality and operator competence. Yes, the IAEA and other regulatory organizations should monitor this plant carefully. However, the basic design has been operated safely for a number of years in the Russian navy.