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{{Short description|Unused deep geological repository facility in Nevada, US}}
{{Short description|Unused deep geological repository facility in Nevada, US}}
{{Use American English|date = November 2019}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}}
|OrganizationName=Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository
 
|OrganizationType=Government Corporations (Sub-organization)
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|Mission=The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository was intended to serve as the United States' first deep geological repository for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, aiming to safely and securely isolate this waste from the environment for thousands of years.
|direction = vertical
|OrganizationExecutive=Project Director (position no longer active)
|align = right
|Employees=Project staff numbers fluctuated; no current employees as the project is inactive.
|width = 350
|Budget=Funding ceased; previously allocated millions annually, with a total of nearly $15 billion spent over the project's lifetime.
|image1=Yucca Mountain 2.jpg
|Website=No active official site; historical information at https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/yucca-mountain-project
|image2=Yucca proposed design.jpg
|Services=Proposed long-term storage of nuclear waste; geological characterization; environmental impact assessments
|caption1= Yucca Mountain
|ParentOrganization=Department of Energy
|caption2=The proposed design<ref name="2008news">{{cite news|title=Nuclear waste repository safe for future generations |url=http://www.lanl.gov/1663/yucca_mountain_complies_with_epa_regulations_for_safety_and_risk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506090127/http://www.lanl.gov/1663/yucca_mountain_complies_with_epa_regulations_for_safety_and_risk |archive-date=May 6, 2009 |access-date=June 2, 2019 |newspaper=1663 LANL Sci/Tech Magazine |date=December 2008}}</ref>
|TopOrganization=Department of Energy
|CreationLegislation=Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, amended in 1987 to focus on Yucca Mountain
|Regulations=Proposed regulations included EPA radiation standards; NRC licensing requirements
|HeadquartersLocation=36.875000, -116.550000
|HeadquartersAddress=Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV, USA
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The '''Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository''', as designated by the [[Nuclear Waste Policy Act]] amendments of 1987,<ref name=usa /> is a proposed [[deep geological repository]] storage facility within [[Yucca Mountain]] for [[spent nuclear fuel]] and other [[high-level radioactive waste]] in the United States. The site is on federal land adjacent to the [[Nevada Test Site]] in [[Nye County, Nevada]], about {{convert|80|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of the [[Las Vegas Valley]].
The '''Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository''', as designated by the [[Nuclear Waste Policy Act]] amendments of 1987,<ref name=usa /> is a proposed [[deep geological repository]] storage facility within [[Yucca Mountain]] for [[spent nuclear fuel]] and other [[high-level radioactive waste]] in the United States. The site is on federal land adjacent to the [[Nevada Test Site]] in [[Nye County, Nevada]], about {{convert|80|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of the [[Las Vegas Valley]].


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