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So that makes the security thing less well flown. reporter: he says that they have transportded spent nuclear fuel for decades and says that a permanent depository is an environmental must. it is the radioactive materials in the casks that require isolation from the environment in a long time, and geological depository serves that purpose. reporter: he says his facility can store this waste for years, but he has other concerns as the administration goes back to square one for a solution. under current law nuclear power plants can operate for 60 years and then they have to decommission them and in plants like this that can t produce power any more. this plant has 20 years before that process begins, but this nuclear storage facility could well be in place well beyond that time, and whoever builds around this would have to build with this in mind. wolf. brian todd, thanks very much. the u.s. military is supposed to defend you, but has ....

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