Nuclear Waste Disposal : Alternatives to Yucca Mountain.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government productivity.

Projection.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines choice of Yucca Mountain, Nev., to be the site for the first permanent high-level nuclear waste repository, and proposals for new alternative direction in waste disposal policy. Examines current baseline waste program projections, options for halting or delaying development of Yucca Mountain site, consequences of indefinite delays in the waste program., mid- and long-term alternatives to the existing waste program, and reviews history of U.S. efforts to site nuclear waste facilities.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Nuclear Waste Disposal

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.