Burying and storing nuclear waste at yucca mountain

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According to the article, Senator Harry Reid (Democrat-Nevada) is a strong Why might this be so? of burying and storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.

There is no guarantee that storage containers holding nuclear waste would even last 1,000 years. The Yucca Mountain site is an arid region with hardly any rain, making radioactive explosions more likely. Representative John Shimkus (Republican-Illinois), whose state relies more on nuclear power than any other state, is a strong. burying and storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. Why might this be so? of The Yucca Mountain site is an arid region with hardly any rain, making radioactive explosions unlikely. Storage containers holding nuclear waste could last more than 1,000 years, which is a sufficient time period for geologic disposal of nuclear radioactive waste.

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