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  2. Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository - Wikipedia

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    An infographic about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Spent nuclear fuel is the radioactive by-product of electricity generation at commercial nuclear power plants, and high-level radioactive waste is the by-product of reprocessing spent fuel to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. [19]

  3. Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future

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    US nuclear waste management policy completely broke down with the ending of work on the incomplete Yucca Mountain Repository. [2] Without a long-term solution to store nuclear waste, a nuclear renaissance in the U.S. remains unlikely. Nine states have "explicit moratoria on new nuclear power until a storage solution emerges". [3] [4]

  4. Nuclear Waste Policy Act - Wikipedia

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    The amendment explicitly named Yucca Mountain as the only site that DOE was to consider for a permanent repository for the nation's radioactive waste. Years of study and procedural steps remained. The amendment also authorized a monitored retrievable storage facility, but not until the permanent repository was licensed. [12]

  5. Nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain could roil ... - AOL

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    Opposition to storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain has united Nevadans across political lines — until now. A Senate candidate has spoken favorably about the idea.

  6. High-level radioactive waste management - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. opted for Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, a final repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but this project was widely opposed, with some of the main concerns being long-distance transportation of waste from across the United States to this site, the possibility of accidents, and the uncertainty of success in isolating nuclear ...

  7. Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2002) - Wikipedia

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    July 24 – President Bush formally approves Yucca Mountain as the high level nuclear waste dump of the US. [59] July 31 – The White House reports President Bush as having opposed Harken Energy Corporation establishing an oversea subsidiary in the Cayman Islands when he was on the board of directors. Bush repeated the claim when asked about ...

  8. Area 25 (Nevada National Security Site) - Wikipedia

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    Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository site characterization studies were conducted at the site of earlier NRDS work. Yucca Mountain extends into Area 25, which was the proposed access point for delivery of radioactive waste to the repository. [8]

  9. Yucca Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Yucca Mountain is a mountain in Nevada, near its border with California, approximately 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Las Vegas. Located in the Great Basin , Yucca Mountain is east of the Amargosa Desert , south of the Nevada Test and Training Range and in the Nevada National Security Site .