Yucca Mountain Has Been Considered as a Site for the Permanent

question 90

Essay

Yucca Mountain has been considered as a site for the permanent storage of 70,000 tons of high-level radioactive wastes from commercially operated nuclear power plants.
(a) Cite probable reasons for Congress approving Yucca Mountain in 2002 as a nuclear-waste repository.
(b) Present arguments against locating radioactive wastes here, and include the use of the acronyms NIMBY and NIMTOO in your discussion.

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