The Yucca Mountain Project for Nuclear Waste Disposal

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Yucca Mountain project for nuclear waste disposal

• A) was stopped by environmentalists.
• B) is similar to a project tested in Arizona.
• C) was favored by most of the citizens in Nevada.
• D) is a plan to bury nuclear wastes deep below the Earth's surface.
• E) has been determined to be a failure.

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