Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Yucca_Mountain_Project
gptkb:Yucca_Mountain_Repository
gptkbp:capacity planned for 70,000 metric tons of waste
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1987
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:politics
environmental concerns
opposition from Nevada residents
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:distanceFromLasVegas about 100 miles northwest
gptkbp:geology geological formation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Nuclear_Waste_Policy_Act
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Yucca_Mountain
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nevada,_United_States
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:maximumDepth about 300 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Yucca_Mountain
gptkbp:notableProject suspended
not operational
gptkbp:projectHaltedYear 2010
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Energy
gptkbp:purpose storage of spent nuclear fuel
storage of high-level radioactive waste
gptkbp:siteSelectionYear 2002
gptkbp:statusAsOf2024 no waste stored
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:High-Level_Waste_Facility
gptkb:Nuclear_history_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6