At this time there are 16 storage sites in 13 different states securing a total of 7,000 metric tons of high-level nuclear waste, the generation of which dates back to 1943. After 50 years of research and at a cost of billions of dollars, Yucca Mountain in Nevada was finally determined to be the most ideal location in our country to build a longtime storage facility for our nuclear waste.
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