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Toxic waste or economic fuel? Effort quietly underway to bring nuclear to rural Colorado

Toxic waste or economic fuel? Effort quietly underway to bring nuclear to rural Colorado

As nuclear waste piles up around the country, many communities are saying 鈥榥o鈥� to taking it. In a rural corner of Colorado, however, some see the prospect of storing this spent fuel as an economic opportunity. This is a three-part series by our Northern Colorado Center for Investigative Reporting.
Workers pose with a new train car designed to carry highly-radioactive nuclear waste from power plants around the country. An economic development group in northwest Colorado is entertaining the idea of pursuing a storage facility for the waste.
Courtesy U.S. Department of Energy
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Many states have resisted nuclear waste storage plans. Northwest Colorado is quietly opening the door.
Scott Franz
As nuclear waste piles up around the country, many communities are saying 鈥榥o鈥� to taking it. In a rural corner of Colorado, however, some see the prospect of storing this spent fuel as an opportunity.