Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal year 1979 (Circular 847)
By: William J. Nichols
Edited by: Robert Schneider, E.H. Roseboom, J.B. Robertson, and P. R. Stevens
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Abstract
A commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal site has been operating near Beatty, Nevada, about 150 km northwest of Las Vegas, since 1962. The 32-ha site is situated in a desolate region of the Amargosa River Valley, sometimes referred to as the Amargosa Desert. Average annual precipitation is only about 114 mm. The site is underlain by 175 m of unconsolidated generally coarse-grained, alluvial-fan and flood-plain deposits. The water table is at a depth of 90 m.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Report |
| Title | Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal year 1979 (Circular 847) |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Nevada Water Science Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal year 1979 (Circular 847) |
| First page | 62 |
| Last page | 63 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Nye County |
| City | Beatty |
| Other Geospatial | Amargosa Desert |