Are there any existing or
proposed waste dumps, disposal sites or landfills in the immediate area?
Not exact matches
The budget for the Department of Energy would include $ 120 million to restart licensing for the
proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear
waste dump in Nevada, a project that has been stalled for years because of lawsuits and local opposition.
Both candidates oppose Yucca Mountain, the controversial
proposed nuclear
waste dump.
I find John Crowhurst's letter
proposing Australia's outback as a
dumping ground for the world's nuclear
waste offensive (30 November,...
The P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology in Moscow
proposes to study ocean rift zones, subduction zones, and the sites of nuclear and toxic
waste dumps.
The
proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear
waste dump site in Nevada gets a $ 120 million reboot on licensing for the project in the White House's 2018 budget blueprint for the U.S. Department of Energy.
However, the
proposed site of the new mega-base is situated precariously close to a serious environmental nuisance.The facility in question, Ramat Hovav, is a combination industrial area and toxic
waste dump, and has been a serious nuisance to residents of Israel's desert south for years.
As for Yucca Mountain, much of the outrage appears to originate in the perceived unfairness of having Nevada
proposed as the sole
dump site for the
waste of an entire nation.