Yucca Mountain
Title
Yucca Mountain
Description
Yucca Mountain is a site located in Nevada that is well-known as the federal government's location for a deep geologic repository for the safe storage of used nuclear fuel. This site was designated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which also grants the affected limits of local government participation rights. Currently there are 64,000 metric tons of spent reactor fuel in temporary storage in 36 states and thousands of containers of highly radioactive waste arising from the cleanup of nuclear weapons production sites. These materials could pose a risk to the health and safety of future generations if not properly managed. Lately there has been more discussion, after the shut-down of Yucca Mountain, of how to safely deal with hazardous materials that have half-lives of thousands of years.
Creator
ABC News
Date
2018
Source
https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/yucca-mountain-nuclear-waste-2-gty-thg-180511_hpMain_12x5_992.jpg
Relation
Rights
A color photograph of Yucca Mountain, located in Nevada.
Source: Yucca Mountain. (n.d.). Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program. Retrieved Oct 9, 2012, from http://esmeraldanvnuke.com/yucca.html
Source: Yucca Mountain. (n.d.). Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program. Retrieved Oct 9, 2012, from http://esmeraldanvnuke.com/yucca.html
Publisher
David Howells/Corbis
Contributor
ABC News
Format
Medium: Photograph
Language
English
Type
Landmark
Identifier
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Nuclear Fuel, Mountains
Coverage
Nevada
Files
Collection
Reference
ABC News, Yucca Mountain, David Howells/Corbis, 2018
Cite As
ABC News, “Yucca Mountain,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 28, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/208.