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Our state has been arguing that point for years, it is remote and deep enough that yes I believe storing waste there is way safer than any other alternative, however people argue that transporting the waste here poses high risks and there is the potential for groundwater contamination and volcanic or earthquake incidents. The fact is how will we ever know what will happen to the waste during its decomposition process, it takes hundreds to thousands of years and no one can predict that far ahead. We could always ship it to the moon but imagine the cost! Nearsightedness is a poor characteristic when dealing with nuclear waste just look at the test site, there are places there that will never be habitable in a dozen generations because of testing. And the ignorance about it in the 50's caused many people sickness and death, I imagine that there are still watches around with radioactive dials.
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What is the name of the Defunct nuclear waste storage site in Nevada?
It is the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.
Which plants create waste that must be stored indefinitely?
Nuclear plants
Where should nuclear waste not be stored?
This is a trick question Nuclear waste should not be stored at all. But as we have some and need to store it, where is an important consideration. Transport is risky. Where you store it has to be able to handle it if it leaks for a million years or so, at least until its safe to handle. The US government has a facility that sounds good, A old salt mine that could hold the danger for a very long time. But is it really in a geologically stable place? Can it leak waste? Will there be an accident moving the waste? Should special storage be built where the waste is?
Does Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives?
yes, Nuclear fission as used in nuclear power plants produces radioactive waste with long half lives. However, this creates no problems. This wastes are either confined in the spent nuclear fuel (that is stored either in wet storage or in dry storage facilities) or stored as vitrified nuclear waste.
How long does nuclear waste need to be safely stored?
1,000,000 years
Waste stored in a plant and why?
It should be stored in safe storage in sparsely inhabited, seismically quiet areas. But, here kicks in NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). See about Yucca mountain nuclear waste storage.
Where does the US send nuclear waste?
For now nuclear waste is stored on site where the waste was generated. In a few years US will begin to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada but no official date has been set.
Is nuclear waste stored at a nuclear power plant?
Yes.
Where are nuclear waste from nuclear power plants currently stored?
In the US they're stored on site.
How will waste be stored at yucca mountain?
no
Where is nuclear waste stored in Britain?
they dump it in the ocean
What does nuclear waste have to do with Nevada?
There was a proposal to build a long term waste store at Yucca Mountain in Nevada but this seems to have been abandoned, waste is to be stored on the power plant sites as it has been ever since they were built.
What is the name of the Defunct nuclear waste storage site in Nevada?
It is the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.
Is waste of nuclear power stored in the power plant?
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Is nuclear waste is harmless after being stored for 10 years or more?
No
Which plants create waste that must be stored indefinitely?
Nuclear plants
Where is most of the high level waste from nuclear reactors stored?
ocean
