Most scientists and engineers agree in principle that ____ is the safest and cheapest way to store high-level radioactive wastes for thousands of years.

A. dropping barrels to the seafloor
B. launching containers into space
C. burying waste deep in an underground repository
D. storing waste in specially constructed buildings
E. storing waste in pools inside nuclear plants


Answer: C

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