Utah Republicans see storing nuclear waste as a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'

Utah Republicans see storing nuclear waste as a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'

The Republicans who dominate Utah’s politics — from the legislature to the governor’s mansion — are aggressively pursuing nuclear power, but a problem that had confounded fission supporters over the last century lingers: what to do with all the dangerous waste. Now the state is exploring whether to become a solution — by storing nuclear waste in the massive salt deposit in Millard County, a rural part of the state with a long history of meeting …