Yucca Mountain

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of nuclear waste. The paper specifically discusses the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project in Nevada and the opposition to the development of this project.

From the Paper:

"Nuclear waste has been a growing problem since the spread of nuclear power plants in the 1950s and 1960s. The power plants rely on radioactive rods to generate nuclear power, and when the rods are spent, they are still highly radioactive, and must be stored somewhere. Currently, the spent rods are stored around the country in many different storage facilities, but for safety, the government wants to consolidate the storage in a remote facility built especially to handle large amounts of nuclear waste. While the idea sounds plausible, there have been numerous problems with the site chosen for the storage facility since its inception. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Editors. "Earthquakes in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain." State of Nevada. 1996. 4 Dec. 2007.<http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/yucca/seismo01.htm>
• Editors. "Yucca Mountain Repository." U.S. Department of Energy. 2007. 4 Dec. 2007.<http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/ym_repository/index.shtml>
• "Fraud Allegations Roil Yucca Mountain Project." Issues in Science and Technology Summer 2005: 20+.
• Rosenheck, Dan. "Digging a Deeper and Deeper Hole." New Statesman 29 Sept. 2003: xxii+.
• Vartabedian, Ralph. "Yucca Mt. Neighbors Speak Out From Lone Pine." Los Angeles Times. 2 Dec. 2007. 4 Dec. 2007.<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-yucca2dec02,1,276262.story?coll=la-news-a_section>

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