The U.S. House approved a measure backed by the Michigan delegation that officially opposes the permanent or long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel or other radioactive waste near the Great Lakes. The measure passed by a vote of 340-72 as part of a larger nuclear waste policy bill, which now heads to the Senate for consideration. Reps. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, and Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, said they introduced the bipartisan amendment to the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018, expressing the "sense of the Congress" that the governments of the United States and Canada should not allow the storage of radioactive waste near the freshwater lakes. "Right now we have four spent nuclear fuel sites, including two in Southwest Michigan right on the shores of Lake Michigan," said Upton, who with Dingell is a members of the Energy and Commerce Committee. "Keeping spent fuel there in perpetuity is not an option, especially when a permanent, responsible solution has long been available."
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