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Course focuses on transportation of spent nuclear fuel

An MIT undergraduate course in civil and environmental engineering and engineering systems is exploring how to safely transport spent nuclear fuel from the approximately 130 nuclear power plants in the United States to a high-security repository in Yucca Mountain, Nev.

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1. Course looks at transportation of nuclear fuel
   04-17-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
   An MIT undergraduate course is exploring how to safely transport spent nuclear fuel from the approximately 130 nuclear power plants in the United States to a high-security repository in Yucca Mountain, Nev.
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