Missouri S&T gets a $2 million grant to help find temporary storage sites for the U.S.’s nuclear fuel that has been used

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Missouri S a $2 million grant to help find temporary storage sites for the U.S.’s nuclear fuel that has been used. The Department wants to work with consenting communities, like St. Louis, to store the materials on an interim basis until a more permanent location can be found and developed. The team, led by Shoaib Usman, a nuclear engineering professor, will gauge residents’ concerns in St. Louis…

Usman makes clear that he’s not trying to change the minds of residents, but to learn about their perceptions and concerns related to the storage of the waste. S&T’s partners for the project include Saint Louis University, the University of Missouri, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and other experts.