Exhibits, video displays,
and interactive computer programs
at the Department of Energy's Yucca
Mountain Information Center explain
the plans for the nation's first-ever
repository for spent nuclear fuel
and high-level radioactive waste.
Visitors can see exhibits
and displays that answer the following
questions:
- How is nuclear waste created
and how are different countries
planning to dispose of it?
- Why did Congress choose Yucca
Mountain as the site
for an underground repository?
- How does the Department of Energy
plan to safely transport nuclear
waste?
- What will the repository look
like and what will happen there?
- What's the program's current
status?
The Department of Energy
Yucca Mountain Information Center
is located at:
2341 Postal Drive
Pahrump, NV 89048
(775) 751-7480
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9am - 4pm.
Last reviewed: 12/07
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