Relying on geology to jail nuclear waste.(geological disposal of nuclear waste) From: Science News | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: Monastersky, Richard | COPYRIGHT 1997 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Scientists found potential problems with rainwater leakage at the planned nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, NV. The Environmental Protection Agency approved opening the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for defense-related radioactive waste,

In 1957, the National Academy of Sciences recommended disposing of nuclear waste in special geologic formations underground. Deep rock deposits, according to its rationale, would contain the debris of the Atomic Age for millennia...

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