Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Web Log: Australian nuke waste U.S.-bound: "As if the United States didn’t have enough of its own nuclear waste problems, late last year it agreed to become the dumping ground for some of Australia's high-level nuclear waste, according to the Australian.

U.S. officials agreed to store the spent-fuel rods produced at a new Australian nuclear research reactor during the next 10 years, according to the paper. Australia now operates one nuclear research reactor, but the Australian government is hoping to open a new reactor, and the U.S. deal could smooth the way to its licensing."

(Via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Web Log.)