The containers the U.S. plans to use for nuclear waste storage may corrode
Groundwater exposure could cause the metal and glass binding the waste to break down
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New lab experiments uncover a potential vulnerability in canisters that the U.S. government plans to use for storing nuclear waste underground, possibly beneath Yucca Mountain in Nevada (pictured).
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