Nearly 80 years of nuclear waste in the US is currently stranded — stuck in "temporary" storage sites without a permanent place to go. How big of a problem is this? And could recycling this waste solve the problem? Business Insider producer Elizabeth McCauley sifts through the noise and talks to experts to find out the truth. Check out this reading list to view the sources that informed this video: docs.google.com/document/d/1u5BXCAdzlTz3OK4woI8aOMLcY6ZapeDfsccKaja9bpg/edit?usp=sharing 00:00 - Intro 01:21 - What is nuclear waste? 02:51 - How much is there? 03:31 - The solution: deep geological repositories 04:06 - How temporary storage works 04:54 - Risks of temporary storage 07:55 - San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant 08:07 - Fukushima disaster 09:12 - How the Onkalo deep geological repository works 11:15 - History of nuclear waste in the US 12:41 - Yucca Mountain, Nevada repository debacle 14:41 - Why Americans are paying for nuclear waste 17:11 - How nuclear waste recycling w...