claim: "we have solved the problem. ... scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
author: harry reid
evidence_1: mar 11, 2017 ... each form of waste at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power station, ... so for  now, all this water is being stored in 1,000 gray, blue and white tanks on the  grounds. ... “we cannot continue to build tanks forever,” said shigenori hata, ....  may prove impossible to remove safely and have suggested leaving it ...
evidence_2: the nuclear industry still has no solution to the 'waste problem'. ... in the long- term, however, appropriate disposal arrangements are required for hlw due ...  proven, with international scientific consensus on deep geological repositories. ...  plans for safe underground storage of nuclear waste, and some are now  operating.
evidence_3: we have the potential to make nuclear safer and cheaper than it's been in the  past, lassiter says. now we have to make the choice to pursue it. ... power to  solve not only climate change but all the problems we've caused on this planet.  ..... they closed 54 of their 55 nuke plants down, leaving one on line for scientific  studies.
evidence_4: nov 4, 2010 ... we'll leave it for the von trapp family to solve the latter, but as to the first ... from  nuclear power reactors in the united states,” says richard meserve, ... “we don't  have a complete system for being able to handle all that material now.” ... of  nuclear waste for decades and a recent report from need to know ...
evidence_5: mar 17, 2016 ... now they have a solution. ... "in order to solve the nuclear waste problem, you  have to solve the americium ... by adapting a technology originally developed for  solar energy, scientists have ... long-term, but we will have a viable solution to  close the nuclear fuel cycle ... leave this field empty if you're human:.