Verge Science

The home base for The Verge's experiments and explorations into the future of science. That means energy, space, nature, the human mind and body, AI, and wherever else the stories take us.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Verge Science

First Air Date

May 1, 2018

Last Air Date

August 28, 2018

Seasons

1

Episodes

17

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

YouTube

S01E17

88,000 tons of radioactive waste – and nowhere to put it

The United States produces 2,200 tons of nuclear waste each year…and no one knows what to do with it. The federal government has long promised, but never delivered, a safe place for nuclear power plants to store their spent fuel. This means that radioactive waste is piling up all over the country. We visited one of the worst places where the waste is stuck: a beachside power plant uncomfortably close to both San Diego and Los Angeles. And we asked the people in charge of the waste there: what happens now?

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