Open AccessYUCCA MOUNTAIN WASTE PACKAGE CLOSURE SYSTEM
Author(s) -
shelton-davis,
Colleen Shelton-Davis,
Greg Housley
Publication year - 2005
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/884930
Subject(s) - closure (psychology) , waste management , environmental science , radioactive waste , yucca , spent nuclear fuel , engineering , botany , economics , market economy , biology
The method selected for dealing with spent nuclear fuel in the US is to seal the fuel in waste packages and then to place them in an underground repository at the Yucca Mountain Site in Nevada. This article describes the Waste Package Closure System (WPCS) currently being designed for sealing the waste packages