Nuclear waste storage in question

Xcel Energy is requesting state permission to store spent fuel at its Monticello nuclear plant. With the opening of a permanent waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada unknown, some are concerned the material will remain in the state forever.

Guests

• Ellen Anderson (DFL-St. Paul): State senator representing District 66. Anderson just returned from a trip to Yucca Mountain.
• Jim Alders: Manager of regulatory projects at Xcel Energy.
• William Miller: Professor of nuclear science and engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute.
• Gordon Thompson, (Ph.D): Executive director of the Institute for Resource and Security Studies.

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Resources

• Yucca Mountain Project
• Xcel Energy
• Monticello Times: Public airs views on waste storage
• About Senator Ellen R. Anderson
• Institute for Resource and Security Studies