Friday, November 18, 2011

What are some benefits of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility?

What are some benefits of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility?

What are some benefits of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility?
The formation that makes up Yucca Mountain was created by several large eruptions from a caldera volcano and is composed of alternating layers of ignimbrite (welded tuff), non-welded tuff, and semi-welded tuff. Tuff has special physical, chemical and thermal characteristics that some experts believe make it a suitable material to entomb radioactive waste for the hundreds of thousands of years required for the waste to become safe through radioactive decay.


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