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> stored at the reactor sites themselves
I explained above. After 60 years of nuclear power plants operations there's not enough actual nuclear waste to economically justify long-term geologic repository. This is the only reason why it's now being stored in plants. Storages are being built in France, Finland etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repository
> check the comma key on your keyboard
This is the 1000's separator in Europe :)