Open AccessDOE`s Yucca Mountain studies
Publication year - 1992
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/139460
Subject(s) - spent nuclear fuel , radioactive waste , metropolitan area , yucca , nuclear weapon , environmental planning , containment (computer programming) , environmental science , engineering , waste management , geography , archaeology , law , political science , ecology , computer science , biology , programming language
This booklet is about the disposal of high-level nuclear waste in the United States. It is for readers who have a general rather than a technical background. It discusses why scientists and engineers think high-level nuclear waste may be disposed of safely underground. It also describes why Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is being studied as a potential repository site and provides basic information about those studies