Encyclopedia: Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain is a ridge line in Nye County, in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Nevada. It is composed of volcanic material (mostly tuff) ejected from a now-extinct caldera-forming superv...
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The Yucca Mountain Repository is the Congressionally directed deep geological repository storage facility for spent nuclear reactor fuel and other...
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The Department of Energy conducted hydrologic and tracer testing by drilling boreholes in the saturated zone southeast of Yucca Mountain circa 1984...
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This website contains the latest news, press coverage, documents, and special reports about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada Welcome to the Eureka County Yucca Mountain Information Office online. As one of the designated Affected Units of Local Government, Eureka County [Nevada] maintains this...
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This website contains the latest news, press coverage, documents, and special reports about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada November 23, 2009 — Nuclear hearing delay sought — Yucca Mountain foes want process to go on: In a surprise move, the nuclear power industry's lobbying arm has...
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Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management The Yucca Mountain license application; DOE has submitted a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Yucca Mountain Repository...
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Dec 2, 2009 Former Sen. Pete Domenici (RN.M.), a longtime advocate of nuclear power, said yesterday that it is time to give up attempts ...
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Radiation protection standards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) related to the high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Includes publications, FAQ, regulation and site information. In the development of the planned Yucca Mountain repository, EPA’s single role is to set human health...
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Information from the State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office (NWPO) about the Yucca Mountain and Nevada test sites. Includes news, policy, legal, nuclear waste transportation and technical issue Yucca Mountain Licensing Proceeding...
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Senate passes bill to close Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site Yucca Mountain 'terminated'; It has already been dumped, but the the long-running Yucca Mountain waste disposal plan has now been officially 'terminated' in the US Department of Energy's (DoE's) 2010 budget request.
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