Yucca Mountain – $32 Billion More
Geophysics
Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging of the subsurface tied to GPS mapping will allow the CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company to have a better idea of what is buried at the site before excavating for […]
Project Related
Finland’s geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel is nearing final depth
Although they are nearly at the final depth, the work thus far has been primarily to construct the 4-km long access tunnel. The facility is not scheduled to accept the nuclear waste until 2020 but […]
Press Releases
20 years of Yucca Mountain research now available for scientific review
Boulder, Colorado, USA — The scientific community can now take a long-awaited look at the research behind the selection of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the nation’s high-level radioactive waste repository.