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Startup Aims to Apply Oil Drilling Techniques to Nuclear Waste
Original: Big Oil Perfected Sideways Drilling. A Startup Wants to Do the Same With Nuclear Waste
A startup is proposing to use horizontal drilling methods, long perfected by the oil and gas industry, to dispose of nuclear waste deep underground. The idea borrows techniques developed for extracting fossil fuels and redirects them toward long-term nuclear storage, a problem governments have struggled with for decades. The story highlights how expertise from one energy sector may help solve another's biggest challenge.
Why now: Interest in nuclear energy and its waste problem is resurging, making novel disposal ideas newly relevant.
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