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Figure 3.30 Yucca Mountain site for high-level nuclear waste storage (7).

In the United States, the Yucca Mountain site (Fig. 3.30) is reported to be a good
location because of the low water content in the site. The proposed design for nuclear
waste disposal is for steel canisters containing the spent fuel to be stored within other
steel canisters and buried horizontally in chambers 300 m below the earth’s surface.
The canisters were designed to last at least 1000 years, which will depend on the
mountain itself to provide a natural barrier to survive the minimum 10,000 years
required by the government; however, there is no guarantee that the canisters at Yucca
Mountain will be free from water flow for 10,000 years.

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7. Corrosion Cost and Preventive Strategies in United States, Appendices D, E, F, G, J, L, P,
R, S, U, BB, CC, Report no. FHWA-RD-01-156, FHWA, 2002.