New U.S. nuclear power boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: What to do with radioactive waste

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To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo Nuclear power is back, largely due to the skyrocketing demand for electricity, including big tech's hundreds of artificial intelligence data centers across the country and the reshoring of manufacturing. But it returns with an old and still-unsolved problem: storing all of the radioactive waste created as a byproduct of nuclear power generation. In May, President Trump issued executive orders aimed at quadrupling the current