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University to Help Reuse Hazardous Waste (WPR)

(MADISON) University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will be part of a controversial new effort to recycle nuclear waste.

Spent nuclear fuel is piling up at many commercial power plants around the nation. Scientists know how to re-process and reuse the fuel, but that�s currently not done in the U.S. nuclear power industry. (Third item.)