Yucca Mountain, Nevada - A proposed geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste
Memoir of the Geological Society of America
By: R.A. Levich and J. S. Stuckless
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Abstract
Yucca Mountain in Nevada represents the proposed solution to what has been a lengthy national effort to dispose of high-level radioactive waste, waste which must be isolated from the biosphere for tens of thousands of years. This chapter reviews the background of that national effort and includes some discussion of international work in order to provide a more complete framework for the problem of waste disposal. Other chapters provide the regional geologic setting, the geology of the Yucca Mountain site, the tectonics, and climate (past, present, and future). These last two chapters are integral to prediction of long-term waste isolation. ?? 2007 Geological Society of America. All rights reserved.
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Levich, R., Stuckless, J., 2006, Yucca Mountain, Nevada - A proposed geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste: Memoir of the Geological Society of America, v. 199, p. 1-7, https://doi.org/10.1130/2007.1199(01).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Yucca Mountain, Nevada - A proposed geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste |
| Series title | Memoir of the Geological Society of America |
| DOI | 10.1130/2007.1199(01) |
| Volume | 199 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Memoir of the Geological Society of America |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 7 |