Abstract:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced on 10 January that he will recommend to President Bush that the United States build a permanent nuclear waste...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced on 10 January that he will recommend to President Bush that the United States build a permanent nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada. The announcement is the latest salvo in a decades-long battle to find a permanent home for the 40 000 tons of nuclear waste now stored on-site at nuclear facilities in 36 states. The consolidation of that waste into a single location has perhaps become the most drawn-out and impassioned of all "not in my backyard" debates.
Published in: IEEE Spectrum ( Volume: 39, Issue: 2, February 2002)