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Yucca Mountain
 Yucca Mountain:
Nuclear Waste in Nevada
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Yucca Mountain, located 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is the proposed site of a repository to hold the nation's nuclear waste. The U.S. Department of Energy wants to use the mountain to bury 77,000 tons of radioactive waste.

On Feb. 14, 2002, energy secretary Spencer Abraham recommended Yucca Mountain to President George W. Bush for nuclear waste storage. Bush has accepted the recommendation.

Keep up with coverage of the project here and find out more about what it could mean to Las Vegas and Nevada.

Archive: 2004 • 2003 • 2002
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IMAGES
• Photo Extra

• Nuclear Fuel: Cradle to Crypt (335k)

• Associated Press multimedia presentation

• Map of Yucca Mountain (64k)

• Milestones on the road to Yucca Mountain (117k)
Updated 7/9/02

• Missile test videos

• Nuclear waste storage map from the Dept. of Energy (118k)
DOCUMENTS
All in PDF format

Secretary Abraham's recommendation

Environmental Impact Statement & other documents

Abraham's letter to Gov. Guinn

Commonly Raised Topics - from the DOE

GAO Report on Yucca Mountain

Nevada v. U.S. Dept. of Energy
RELATED LINKS
• E-Mail Excerpts - April 2005

Yucca Mountain poll results
Jan. 2002

mapscience.org - Find out how close you live to proposed nuclear waste routes

U.S. Dept. of Energy

Yucca Mountain Project

Citizen Alert - Grass-roots environmental group opposing the project

State of Nevada nuclear waste site

Environmental Protection Agency - Yucca Mountain Management

Nevada Nuclear Waste Study Committee - Grass-roots organization supporting equitable compensation for Nevadans in exchange for Yucca Mountain

Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force - Non-profit organization providing information about nuclear waste in Nevada

American Nuclear Society - Information on nuclear science and technology