Ground Water at Yucca Mountain
Ground Water at Yucca Mountain

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1992-02-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 030904748X

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The site of a proposed repository for high-level radioactive waste from the nation's nuclear power plants is not at risk of ground water infiltration, concludes this important book. Yucca Mountain, located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, has been proposed as the site for permanent underground disposal of high-level radioactive waste from the nation's civilian nuclear power plants. To resolve concerns raised by a Department of Energy (DOE) staff scientist concerning the potential for ground water to rise 1,000 feet to the level proposed for the repository, DOE requested this study to evaluate independently the past history and future potential of large upward excursions of the ground water beneath Yucca Mountain.

Ground Water at Yucca Mountain
Ground Water at Yucca Mountain

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780309076692

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The site of a proposed repository for high-level radioactive waste from the nation's nuclear power plants is not at risk of ground water infiltration, concludes this important book. Yucca Mountain, located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, has been proposed as the site for permanent underground disposal of high-level radioactive waste from the nation's civilian nuclear power plants. To resolve concerns raised by a Department of Energy (DOE) staff scientist concerning the potential for ground water to rise 1,000 feet to the level proposed for the repository, DOE requested this study to evaluate independently the past history and future potential of large upward excursions of the ground water beneath Yucca Mountain.

Uncertainty Underground
Uncertainty Underground

Author: Allison Macfarlane

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0262633329

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Experts from science, industry, and government discuss the unresolved scientific and technical issues surrounding the Yucca Mountain site as a geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste.