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Early Disposal Idea: Salt Mines for Nuclear Waste
In 1955 a NAS-NRC committee urged salt deposits as the best high level waste disposal method. Liquid wastes now sit in underground tanks while solidification advances enable compact shipment to deep salt mines for long term storage amid a growing nuclear power industry.
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Senate
State Supreme Court
Petroleum Corporation
High Court
Abilene
Airport Extension
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas
Crawford Martin
Allan Shivers
San Antonio
Martin
Sabine River Authority
Texas Water Rights Commission
Rio Grande
Starr
Hidalgo
Cameron
Willacy
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches
Texas Department of Mental Health and
MHMR
Austin
Terrell
Lubbock
Richmond
Corpus Christi
Stephenville
Jack Arthur
Preston Smith
Texas College and University System
Smith
W.E. Tinsley
Texas Water Development Board
Barnes
House
Gus Mutscher
Wayne Connally
Floresville
Oscar Carrillo Sr
Benavides
Agriculture Commission
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansas
National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council
AEC
United States
U.S. Geological Survey