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Dr. Nawaraj argues that natural disasters such as massive earthquakes or volcanic activity are still a possibility in the area around Yucca Mountain, and that such disasters would inevitably cause the proposed massive storage container to leak radioactive waste into the land and water supply. This is why Dr. Nawaraj suggests keeping the radioactive waste in aboveground containers located

Unless an accident or in case of nuclear war, man is relatively protected from direct radioactive contamination, ie caused by breathing air contaminated by radioactive bodies. Actually, the current main danger comes from the high degree of biological concentration of radioactive along the food chain substances. Thus an indirect radioactive contamination that begins with the warehouse in soil and water of radioactive pollutants from the atmosphere fallen occurs. In animals and plants that draw their

If properly executed, nuclear waste disposal need not result in any negative effects on humankind or our environment. The goal is to build a storage site that is capable of safely storing spent fuel until the fuel is no longer radioactive. Current radioactive waste is stored at above-ground facilities in vulnerable cooling pools. The long-term storage of radioactive waste ought to be in deep underground engineered facilities. This is known as geological disposal. Geological disposal is the world’s

Nuclear power, the type of energy that sits on the edge of humanity’s greatest hopes, and its darkest fears. With a country such as the United States continuing to expand its industry, housing, agriculture and commercial buildings there is a need for more and more energy each year. Nuclear power is one of the many ways the United States gets its energy. Nevertheless, it is one of the most controversial means of energy production. The main concern with nuclear energy is the nuclear waste that is produced

The three selected sites were Hanford, Washington; Deaf Smith County, Texas; and Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Yucca Mountain Project is now being put through the necessary steps for completion. Yucca Mountain is located on government owned land in a remote area of Nevada. The proposed plan is the first national permanent waste facility and will cost an estimated 6.3 billion dollars. The

With global temperatures increasing and climate change controversies arising, the world seeks a clean, reliable energy source; could nuclear energy be the answer? Due to massive amounts of carbon dioxide emitted into the air by our main energy provider, the coal power plant, society is yearning for a cleaner form of energy. Nuclear power plants release minimal amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Nuclear energy, in the public eye, has a bad reputation because of accidents that have occurred

Statement of the issue:      Nuclear waste is a growing concern in the Untied States and throughout the world today. Even right now as I type this paper Congress is debating as to allow nuclear waste to be stored in Yucca Mountain in Nevada. This debate in Congress will help decide the way that the Untied States deals with nuclear waste issues in the future. Nuclear waste is hazardous to human life. It contains many harmful chemicals that could hurt life. Nuclear waste

Some of the effects on the environment are; groundwater contamination, soil contamination, buried soil and water containing waste, and underground disposal facilities storing large volumes of hazardous, radioactive waste. One such facility was the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, which was designated in 1987 by the NWPA Amendments, and located on federal land adjacent to the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in Nye County, Nevada some 80 miles Northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Congress approved the site

Yucca Mountains purpose is a housing storage for radioactive waste, the problem being it isn't running yet. In the early 90's scientist believed they could store cans buried deep in the Earth surrounded by dense rock.1 While Yucca mountain was picked over nine other sites it's has run into problems physically and through the community. One of the first problems the

Nuclear Waste Disposal As the millenium approaches, we are faced with the problems created by our technological advances. Everyday we are forced to see the results, from acid rain to polluted beaches. But there is one problem in particular that will probably out-live our generation and the generation which has created it. If properly contained and monitored, it has little affect on us and our environment. However, once it is free of it's containment, it is a destructive and deadly force. This