It entails a combination of waste form waste package engineered seals and geology that is suited to provide a high level of long term isolation and containment without future maintenance. A deep geological repository is a way of storing toxic or radioactive waste within a stable geologic environment typically 200 1000 m deep. The canadian nuclear safety commission cnsc is an independent federal government agency that regulates the use of nuclear energy and material to protect health safety security and the environment and to respect canada rsquo s international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The site is located on federal land adjacent to the nevada test site in nye county nevada about 80 mi 130 km. The yucca mountain nuclear waste repository as designated by the nuclear waste policy act amendments of 1987 is a proposed deep geological repository storage facility within yucca mountain for spent nuclear fuel and other high level radioactive waste in the united states. Map of current nuclear waste storage locations in the united states.
Meanwhile nuclear power provides twenty percent of america s electricity with the resulting waste about 70 000 tons of it accumulating at 75 sites nationwide including near major metro areas such as new york city new orleans and chicago as shown in the map below. South bruce and ignace ont about three hours northwest of thunder bay are being considered as potential sites for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The government on friday unveiled a nationwide map of potential disposal sites for high level nuclear waste that identifies coastal areas as favorable and those near active faults as unsuitable.
Adjacent to bradwell nuclear power station in essex ministry of defence land on potton island 8 km from. Sites shortlisted by nirex as potential nuclear waste dumps in the late 1980s colon. These links will take you directly to the indicated pages on our site.
Nuclear regulatory commission nrc has organized the waste related information available through our public web site. Radioactive waste this page shows how the u s. Locations of low level waste disposal facilities the four active licensed low level waste disposal facilities are located in agreement states see map additional information about the facilities may be found at the web sites maintained by the respective agreement states.
The united states is home to 21 stranded nuclear waste storage sites according to a new map from the congressional research service that displays a total of 80 sites where the country s.
