Why Is Yucca Mountain Good
The Doe Maintains That Yucca Mountain Was Selected Because It Was Consistently Ranked as the Site That Possessed the Best Technical and Scientific...
The DOE maintains that Yucca Mountain was selected because it was consistently ranked as the site that possessed the best technical and scientific characteristics to serve as a repository. The Department says that Yucca Mountain is a good place to store waste because the repository would be: In a desert location.
What are the benefits of Yucca Mountain?
Moving beyond the flaws, there are obvious advantages. Yucca Mountain is 90 miles away from a major population center. It adjoins the existing high security Nevada Test Site, and can be protected from terrorists.
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Is Yucca Mountain a good place to store nuclear waste?
Scientific study at Yucca Mountain has revealed a host of potential problems at the site. Besides being sacred land, Yucca Moun- tain has many characteristics that make it an unsuitable place to store highly irradiated nuclear waste.
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