Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste Landfills
Unlike municipal landfills, hazardous waste landfills have very specific acceptance procedures. Chemical sampling and analysis of an incoming load must match the waste profile sent by the generator prior to a truck being allowed into the secure land...
Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste from Atomic Weapons
In the desert of New Mexico a half mile beneath the surface of the earth in a salt mine judged to be 250 million years old, a permanent disposal site is sought for the wastes from decommissioned atomic weapons facilities.
Waste, Part II: Hazardous Waste from Nuclear Power Production
Nuclear power does provide an alternative to fossil fuels, but creates a serious long term disposal problem for its waste, which is highly radioactive. The Nuclear Policy Act of 1982 charged the Department of Energy with developing a permanent repos...
Waste, Part II: Nuclear Waste: The Final Solution or the Ultimate Problem?
The suitability of Yucca Mountain as the site for a long term repository for high level nuclear waste has not found universal acceptance. Concerns have been expressed concerning potential groundwater contamination, seismic stability, and transportat...