The U.S. Has $50 Billion for Nuclear Waste and Nowhere to Put It | OilPrice.com Haley Zaremba Haley Zaremba is an energy journalist and researcher with more than a decade of professional experience covering global energy systems, land and natural resources, and… More Info Premium Content By Haley Zaremba – Nov 07, 2026, 4:00 PM CST Finland has licensed Onkalo, 22 years after construction began, to take up to 6,500 tonnes of uranium in spent fuel buried 400 meters down. The U.S. holds about 97,000 metric tons of spent fuel at nearly 75 sites in more than 30 states, and…