Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the storage of high-level radioactive waste (HLRW) in the United States?
A) We do not have a reliable long-term storage site for these wastes.
B) We are running out of space in the short-term steel-lined pools the wastes are stored in.
C) The longest half-life of materials in the HLRW is about 2000 years.
D) Some sites are storing the waste in large steel casks.
E) Approximately 65,000 metric tons of HLRW are currently in storage in the United States.
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