Two Approaches to the Geologic Disposal of Long-Lived Nuclear Waste: Yucca Mountain, Nevada and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Conference
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OSTI ID:830702
A key component of the US energy program is to provide for the safe and permanent isolation of spent nuclear fuel and long-lived radioactive waste produced through programs related to national defense and the generation of electric power by nuclear utilities. To meet this challenge, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a multi-faceted approach to the geologic disposal of long-lived nuclear wastes. Two sites are being developed or studied as current or potential deep geologic repositories for long lived radioactive wastes, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico and Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
- Research Organization:
- US Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office, 1551 Hillshire Drive, Las Vegas, NV (US); US Department of Energy, Carlsbad Field Office, P.O. Box 3090, Carlsbad, NM; Golder Associates, Inc., Yucca Mountain Project, 1551 Hillshire Drive, Las Vegas, NV (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 830702
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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