Vulnerable nuclear waste stockpiles are becoming a"global crisis"

Nuclear waste is quickly becoming one of the world's biggest problems. Earth's growing stockpile of radioactive waste is troublesome because these chemicals remain in their radioactive state for several millennia — and we have yet to come up with a foolproof storage solution.



A new study explored facilities that store nuclear waste in seven locations around the world, including the United States, France, Japan, Belgium, Britain, Finland and Sweden. Officials discovered that the majority...