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{{Short description|Unused deep geological repository facility in Nevada, US}} | {{Short description|Unused deep geological repository facility in Nevada, US}} | ||
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|OrganizationName=Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository | |||
|OrganizationType=Government Corporations (Sub-organization) | |||
|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. | |||
|OrganizationExecutive=Project Director (position no longer active) | |||
|Employees=Project staff numbers fluctuated; no current employees as the project is inactive. | |||
|Budget=Funding ceased; previously allocated millions annually, with a total of nearly $15 billion spent over the project's lifetime. | |||
|Website=No active official site; historical information at https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/yucca-mountain-project | |||
|Services=Proposed long-term storage of nuclear waste; geological characterization; environmental impact assessments | |||
|ParentOrganization=Department of Energy | |||
|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 | |||
}} | }} | ||
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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