Where will the US send its nuclear waste?

The Energy Department is looking for a place where it can temporarily and permanently store spent nuclear fuel from reactors. But previous attempts to solve the nuclear waste problem have been stymied by local and state opposition. POLITICO’S Kelsey Tamborrino explains.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is the host-producer of the Playbook Daily Briefing and a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.

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