New Mexico helps chart a path for nuclear waste disposal

CARLSBAD, N.M. — Supporters of the only permanent underground U.S. repository for nuclear waste say it can offer lessons for other states and communities that might weigh similar storage projects. Why it matters: As nuclear power is gaining wider public and political acceptance, scientists and others agree that determining what to do with radioactive materials over the long term must become a bigger piece of the puzzle. • High-level nuclear waste from commercial plants "is sitting at multiple sites, and we need to make progress on a solution," former Nuclear...