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Deep Isolation Launches Full-Scale Demonstration Program for Nuclear Waste Disposal
Groundbreaking Event officially kicks off deep borehole demonstration program, the first full-scale, at depth test of technology for safely and permanently disposing of nuclear waste deep undergroundCAMERON, Texas, Feb. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (“Deep Isolation”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced the launch of its multi-year, full-scale, at-depth deep borehole demonstration program (the “Demonstration Program”), in collabo
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