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- Title
Federal Ruling Requires Million-Year Guarantee of Safety at Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site.
- Authors
Vastag, Brian
- Abstract
Reports that a federal court in Nevada has issued a ruling that requires a multimillion year safety guarantee at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Determination of peak radiation levels at the site; Criticism on the establishment of safety standards based on geological time scales; Consideration for population dynamics and landscape change in the state in the span of 10,000 years.
- Subjects
YUCCA Mountain (Nev.); NEVADA; RADIOACTIVE waste repositories; RADIOACTIVE waste disposal; RADIOACTIVE waste sites; HAZARDOUS waste sites
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2004, Vol 96, Issue 22, p1656
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/96.22.1656