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A 12 page paper on the controversy surrounding the U.S. government's plan to turn Yucca Mountain (Nevada) into the first large-scale nuclear waste 'dumping ground.' The writer explains the logic that went into the government's choice of location, and then presents the resistance from Nevada state residents. Environmental / scientific issues concerning Nevada's geology, the safety of waste burial, etc.; are discussed. The writer presents strong arguments as to why Yucca Mountain is indeed the only logical site for such a project and refutes arguments to the contrary. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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12 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_Yucca.rtf
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is extremely lethal to himself. Man knows very few efficient ways in which to contain the fallout of this power, commonly known as radiation, so man just continues to
"play" with this power he literally can not control thus creating even more of a mess which man simply can not clean up.
When nuclear energy first began to be used in the United States and around the world, both science and society were well aware of its potential dangers.
At that time, no one had any concrete plan to store the waste that would be produced and eventually build up but scientists were very optimistic that they would
have a solution in the near future when it would be needed. So strong was their assertive confidence that it convinced politicians to openly invite the use of nuclear
energy- even though there really was no known way to control the inevitable waste problem as of yet. Much to the worlds own malcontent, time has passed and
nuclear waste has built up- but as one might have expected there still exists no real methodology for storing the enormous waste load. As nuclear
waste poses the potential for devastating health and environmental effects, the United States Government has been trying for three quarters of a decade to find one appropriate location in which
to ship and store all of its waste. Some more expensive methods such as deep sea burial of waste or outer space shipping had been almost entirely ruled out
as being impractical. Three sites were chosen in the late 1980s as possible candidates for waste storage. These were a Basalt site in Washington State, a bedded salt
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