Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository

GPTKB entity

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	gptkb:geological_formation
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository