Zawalick: All US commercial nuclear waste fits on one football field
Maureen Zawalnik · Ep15: Inside Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod · Sep 9, 2024 · at 26:08
Diablo Canyon VP Maureen Zawalick describes the physical volume of commercial nuclear waste to Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley during a site visit.
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“You roll up all of that footprint, and you got to see it's very small and you take all of the over hundred units in the United States, it would fit in the size of a football field up to the goalposts.”
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