Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards

Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9780309588188
ISBN-13 : 0309588189
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Book Synopsis Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards by : Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards

Download or read book Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards written by Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-08-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States currently has no place to dispose of the high-level radioactive waste resulting from the production of the nuclear weapons and the operation of nuclear electronic power plants. The only option under formal consideration at this time is to place the waste in an underground geologic repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. However, there is strong public debate about whether such a repository could protect humans from the radioactive waste that will be dangerous for many thousands of years. This book shows the extent to which our scientific knowledge can guide the federal government in developing a standard to protect the health of the public from wastes in such a repository at Yucca Mountain. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to use the recommendations presented in this book as it develops its standard.


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