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Why do some people oppose plans by the US department of energy to construct a nuclear waste storage facility in Nevada?
Mainly I think these are people who oppose anything to do with nuclear power
What country is the only country currently looking into permanent waste storage for nuclear waste?
a dumb country
Which type of storage facility is assumed to be safe for long-term storage of nuclear waste products?
salt mines
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.
What are three major hazards for possible nuclear waste storage sites?
Flooding, earthquakes, volcanic action.
Why do some people oppose plans by the US department of energy to construct a nuclear waste storage facility in Nevada?
Mainly I think these are people who oppose anything to do with nuclear power
Where is the Yucca mountain located?
The Yucca Mountain is in western Nevada alongnear the California border. Yucca Mountain was considered for a repository for nuclear waste. Those plans were stopped 2010.
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.
Will nuclear waste be dangerous to future generations?
Absolutely ! Nuclear waste takes hundreds - perhaps thousands of years to decay. Many generations of people to come will have to manage the storage and disposal of nuclear waste.
What country is the only country currently looking into permanent waste storage for nuclear waste?
a dumb country
What does the nuclear waste policy act of 1982 accomplish?
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 set a timetable for both temporary and permanent storage of nuclear waste in the United States by the mid 1990s. There is no permanent storage facility, and there are no temporary storage facilities, so one might be tempted to say the act did not accomplish anything at all. Nevertheless, it did enable the nuclear industry to create waste without having a place or procedure to deal with it.
How is holding nuclear waste good for the coomunity?
The government and companies will pay states and cities money for using their land for storage of nuclear waste. Nuclear waste can be dangerous, but when stored safely it is no danger. Nuclear waste is produced by nuclear power plants, which produce large amounts of cheap electricity.
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 starts with a Y In Nevada?
In Nevada, one notable thing that starts with a "Y" is the city of Yerington. It's located in Lyon County and serves as a hub for agriculture and mining. Additionally, the state is home to the Yucca Mountain project, which has been considered for nuclear waste storage.
Which type of storage facility is assumed to be safe for long-term storage of nuclear waste products?
salt mines
Which is a characteristic of surface high-level nuclear waste storage that is not a characteristic of storing the waste in a geological repository?
easily recovered
Where is most of the high level waste from nuclear reactors stored?
ocean
