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Title: DOE`s Yucca Mountain studies

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/139460· OSTI ID:139460

This booklet is about the disposal of high-level nuclear waste in the United States. It is for readers who have a general rather than a technical background. It discusses why scientists and engineers think high-level nuclear waste may be disposed of safely underground. It also describes why Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is being studied as a potential repository site and provides basic information about those studies.

Research Organization:
USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States). Education and Information Div.; USDOE Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Office, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
139460
Report Number(s):
DOE/RW-0345P; ON: TI93013686; TRN: 93:012386
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English