Yucca Mountain repository

Andrews, R. A. et al. 1995. Total system performance assessment-J 995 An evaluation of the potential Yucca Mountain repository. Las Vegas, NV Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor. 

Wilson, C. N., and C. J. Bruton. 1990. Studies on spent fuel dissolution behavior under Yucca Mountain repository conditions. Nuclear Waste Mgmt. III. Ceramic Trans. 9 423-41. 

Particularly in light of the recent presidential approval of the Yucca Mountain repository, it is clear that effective management of high-level waste will continue to be a key component in any plan to expand the nation s use of nuclear power as a key component of its energy needs. 

One of EPA s responsibilities has been to develop public health and safety standards for the two major U.S. nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities. The Wa.ste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico stores transuranic wastes. They range from slightly contaminated clothing to barrels of waste so radioactive that it can only be handled with remote control equipment. The proposed Yucca Mountain repository is designed to store high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. 

Updated coverage of the Yucca Mountain repository to reflect its discontinuance... 

In the short term, especially in the United States, waste-repository capacity is a significant issue. The long-term capacity of the Yucca Mountain repository could be increased significantly by separating plutonium and americium from spent reactor fuel. 

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