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Proposed High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Progress

Description: This report discusses current findings on the site's geology, hydrology, geochemistry, and tectonic history; reviews the site characterization process that DOE is pursuing; discusses the problems inherent in assessing risk and projecting site suitability; and reviews concerns regarding attempts to model the repository's behavior into the distant millennia.
Date: May 27, 1999
Creator: Mielke, James E
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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