Yucca Mountain, Nevada - A proposed geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 199, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-7

  Levich, Robert A ^a   Stuckless, John S ^b  

^a Consulting Geologist ^*  (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geologic repository; Laws and regulations; Nuclear waste; Site selection; Waste management

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVITY; SITE SELECTION; TECTONICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LAWS AND REGULATIONS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

BIOSPHERE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SITE SELECTION; TECTONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 74949139287     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.1199(01)     Document Type: Article

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