The Department of Energy is collecting a small fee from electric bills for nuclear waste . `` From the very infancy of the commercial nuclear power industry , the federal government has always stated that it would take responsibility for the ( disposal ) of high-level nuclear waste , and that has n't happened , '' White said . Power ##house said the government was collecting the fee for 30 years . But the government is not collecting of nuclear waste .
The Department of Energy is collecting a small fee from electric bills for nuclear waste . Power ##house said the government was collecting the fee for 30 years . But the government is not collecting of nuclear waste .