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A worker makes the final preparations on the Lake Mead Intake No. 2 forebay and tunnel under Saddle Island for flooding.
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Flooding Halts Tunnel Excavations for Lake Mead Water Supply Intake

July 13, 2010 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Flooding Halts Tunnel Excavations for Lake Mead Water Supply Intake

Excavation for the $700M Lake Mead Intake No. 3 Project was put on hold after tunneling encountered a fault carrying groundwater that flooded the excavation and submerged equipment. The flooding occurred over about 4-days, so […]

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It’s Official – USDOE ‘Pulls the Plug’ on Yucca Mountain

February 15, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on It’s Official – USDOE ‘Pulls the Plug’ on Yucca Mountain

It’s been evident for a while that Yucca Mountain was history after it was announced that it’s funding was eliminated by President Obama. ENR is reporting that the USDOE is officially withdrawing its Nuclear Regulatory […]

The tunnels of the Bure laboratory are still being carved out of the 150 million-year-old rock.
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France starts on nuclear waste storage project

August 16, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on France starts on nuclear waste storage project

Apparently the French are working on their nuclear waste storage facility, they already have a research laboratory constructed about 1/2-km underground. The actual repository will come on line around 2025 and be one of the […]