Open AccessBush decides on Yucca Mountain
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000050
Subject(s) - yucca , radioactive waste , government (linguistics) , plan (archaeology) , george (robot) , state government , spent nuclear fuel , state (computer science) , engineering , public administration , political science , archaeology , waste management , local government , geography , history , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , botany , algorithm , biology , art history
Yucca Mountain in Nevada will be the U.S. long‐term geologic repository for high‐level radioactive waste, President George W. Bush announced on 15 February. Bush endorsed a formal recommendation by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Spencer Abraham, which followed more than 20 years of scientific study. The decision, which the state of Nevada is challenging in the U.S. Congress, allows the government's plans for the repository to proceed to the licensing phase. The plan calls for Yucca Mountain to accept a total of 84,900 metric tons of radioactive waste from temporary storage facilities at 131 sites in 39 states.