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Repurposing the Yucca Mountain Site?
November 8, 2011 | Government Accountability Office

Yucca Mountain, once designated as the permanent storage site for US nuclear waste, is available for other uses. GAO has published: “Yucca Mountain: Information on Alternative Uses of the Site and Related Challenges


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