Of course we could do like other nuclear countries and recycle the waste and pull out the good fuel to use again. Another brilliant decision by Jimmy Carter.

This problem squarely belongs with the federal government who has not made good on it's promises from nearly 60 years ago. Just another reason that Obama must go. He doesn't support viable energy policies that will make our country energy self sufficient. How can we see economic recovery with this kind of foot dragging.

no waste has EVER left PI. its all still there. nice and safe. you could store it in 1 pole barn. the area of less than 1 acre. for decades of plant use. why is it any safer in a mountain in colorado? the notion of moving the waste is foolish. it is easy to store, monitor and secure. there is no problem. leave it right where it is.

Do what France does with nuclear waste, reprocess it!

The tribes consultant states that 2, yes 2 incidents of a problem with the casks "proves" it isn't safe method of storage. He's grasping at straws, those casks aren't gonna leak for many, many years. For now, it is a safe temporary alternative. I do agree that the Feds have dragged their feet on the issue for decades and they do need to act. To "mom2four"....Obama's fault? Nice try, but learn the facts of the issue.

"Whether the tribe gets to make its case immediately is uncertain. The NRC has a complex process for intervenors that can go on for years." That is the heart of our problem. It is much easier to kick the can down the road, invent temporary solutions, and stick our heads in the sand regarding this and so many other issues that require mature long term thinking and the political will to think beyond the next election. Both parties are to blame for not leading on this issue. And we are to blame for not insisting our leaders address it.

Doesn't matter how you process it. Radioactive waste is still radioactive waste. When is our assisnine government actually going to do something about it?. Republicans and Demorcrats alike have not addressed this problem and yet 1 lady wants to blame Obama for the mess of radioactive waste? Let's blame Obama for World War II, Irag, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, and all the rest while we are at it. Get a grip everyone is at fault for not finding the permanent storage facilityn to store this from from you voting to the fools who have to do something to the fools you vote in who will not.

No state is ever going to accept another states waste. I can safely make that obvious statement. The fed govt has spent billions arquing about it. Nevada workers love building a useless hole in gound.

All the commenters have had good points here, which when taken as a whole, actually make a sensible argument for a solution. The waste is actually valuable fuel, but the Carter administration banned reprocessing because it could also be reprocessed into weapons-grade material. Since many other countries are already doing this successfully there is no reason we should not also reprocess our backlog of waste into new fuel. The remaining waste products could then be stored in the federal repository at Yucca Mountain, which will again be on the table after Obama is out of office in January.

This is also the responsibility of the utility, which knew from day one that there was no permanent place for nuclear waste, and through the years they just kept reracking and reracking, in denial. And it's a problem for all of us, here in Red Wing, in Minnesota and on the planet. The court is right to recognize that it isn't going anywhere anytime soon, which was the ALJ's point back in 1993 when MN first looked at dry cask storage. Hope the City of Red Wing and Goodhue County join in the fray!