Nuclear waste is being stored in facilities awaiting disposal. But why not recycle it instead?

Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025

Global nuclear power produces vast amounts of spent fuel, mostly stored; no country has an operational deep geological repository.

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Global nuclear power plants, which accounted for nearly ten percent of worldwide electricity production in 2024 and have been operating for over 70 years, produced 430 thousand tons of spent fuel, about two-thirds of which is stored; Europe (excluding Russia and Slovakia) stores over 60,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel, mostly in France, and no country globally has an operational deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel.

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