http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/yucca-mountain Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 31 May 2026 12:09:45 -0400 Sun, 31 May 2026 12:09:45 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/212/what-to-do-with-nuclear-waste-the-rise-and-fall-of-yucca-mountain By Thomas Backus - With over 20% of United States power production being of a nuclear nature, and all of this nuclear production generating high-level nuclear waste, the US has already accumulated large quantities of volatile nuclear waste and will only have more in the future (Schneider, 2009). Currently, there are few options for dealing with nuclear waste. Although research and development of storage/remediation methods is ongoing, current waste that has accumulated is stored in sealed casks mostly on-site at the plants at which they are generated. This scattering of radioactive waste throughout the country at... Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:46 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/212/what-to-do-with-nuclear-waste-the-rise-and-fall-of-yucca-mountain