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  "id": 7796986,
  "title": "Three questions: Putting nuclear waste into perspective",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/three-questions-putting-nuclear-waste-into-perspective",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-nuclear-perspective.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For decades, one of the major complaints about nuclear power in the United States has been the argument that, after all this time, we still have not come up with a dependable strategy for sequestering high-level radioactive waste, including spent fuel from plant operation. This issue is of such importance that Haruko Wainwright has put it at the center of her research agenda as an Atlantic…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}