Shannon Cuthrell

4 min read Shannon Cuthrell is a freelance journalist covering business and technology. Atlas successfully completed a four-day test run, carrying a 217-tonne load of steel dummy weights. U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear power plants are on track to generate more than 140,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) before 2060. Every year, 2,000 tonnes of radioactive heavy metal join the growing inventory of fuel removed from nuclear power reactors—both operating and decommissioned. In the