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Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. Jacob Moore. General Information. Nuclear waste is currently located in more than 120 locations in 39 states.  Temporary storage US Department of energy: 1978 Yucca proposed to be permanent. Why Yucca?. Geology!!

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Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository

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  1. Yucca MountainNuclear Waste Repository Jacob Moore

  2. General Information • Nuclear waste is currently located in more than 120 locations in 39 states.  • Temporary storage • US Department of energy: 1978 • Yucca proposed to be permanent

  3. Why Yucca? • Geology!! • Successive eruptions 11-14 million years ago deposited ash • Welded tuff • Very low porosity and permeability • Repository depth of 1,000’ • Average height above water table: 1,000’ • Should contain waste for the required 10,000 years

  4. Potential Problems • Seismic activity • Yucca lies in the Basin and Range province • Quaternary and historical earthquake activity • Several active faults surrounding the repository site • Volcanism • Effective volcanism during 10,000 year compliance period is 1 in1,000 to 1 in 10,000 • Cinder cones

  5. Important!!! • There is a huge amount of extremely dangerous radioactive waste just chillin in the United States and more is produced every day. • It will still be here in thousands and thousands of years • It is important that it is stored in a safe place

  6. Thank you • www.ocrwm.doe.gov • www.nbmg.unr.edu • “Volcanic Hazard At Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository Greater Than Previously Thought” ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2002) www.sciencedaily.com

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