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Ground Water at Yucca Mountain : How High Can It Rise?

By National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Environment and Resources Commission

Book information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
1992
ISBN
9780309544153, 9780309047487
LCC
GB1025.N4 -- N35 1992eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7819865 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
240\240
Time added
2023-08-12 19:14:46
Groundwater -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain. ; Radioac

Description

The site of a proposed repository for high-level radioactive waste from the nation's nuclear power plants is not at risk of ground water infiltration, concludes this important book. Yucca Mountain, located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, has been proposed as the site for permanent underground disposal of high-level radioactive waste from the nation's civilian nuclear power plants. To resolve concerns raised by a Department of Energy (DOE) staff scientist concerning the potential for ground water to rise 1,000 feet to the level proposed for the repository, DOE requested this study to evaluate independently the past history and future potential of large upward excursions of the ground water beneath Yucca Mountain.

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