Deep Isolation and Halliburton Demonstrate Permanent Nuclear Waste Disposal Using Drilling Technology

1. 1Nuclear waste startup Deep Isolation and Halliburton (HAL) are advancing permanent disposal of radioactive waste using drilling technology at a Texas demonstration site
2. 2Using directional oil drilling, they will bury 5,000-pound canisters roughly two miles underground, with Halliburton set to drill the first test well in early next year
3. 3More than 95,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel are currently in temporary storage, and the project is presented as a waste solution ahead of the AI-driven expansion of nuclear power

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