The Department of Energy is spending $26 million to explore possibilities for building temporary storage for spent nuclear fuel rods. That could mean that canisters stored at San Onofre might move.
The Deep Borehole Demonstration Center has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norsk Kjernekraft to collaborate on demonstration of deep borehole disposal in Norway. The centre - launched earlier this year - has already begun demonstration work at a site in Cameron, Texas.