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Doesn’t spent nuclear fuel require a lot of space?

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Doesn’t spent nuclear fuel require a lot of space?

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Nuclear fuel takes up a surprisingly small volume. All of the spent fuel in the US to date weighs about 50,000 tons. If all of it was stacked together it would take up a football field to a depth of about 16 feet.

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