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Conceptual Design of Yucca Mountain Disposal
Plan
![The Yucca Mountain Disposal Plan](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090118024528im_/http://www.nrc.gov/images/waste/hlw-disposal/yucca-drawing.jpg)
- Canisters of waste, sealed in special casks, are shipped to the site by truck or train.
- Shipping casks are removed, and the inner tube with the waste is placed in a steel, multilayered storage container.
- An automated system sends storage containers underground to the tunnels.
- Containers are stored along the tunnels, on their side.
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