Where is the Next Yucca Mountain?

The Next Yucca Mountain

Are DOE’s repository siting teams planning a visit to a town near you?

If Yucca Mountain truly is, as Secretary of Energy Steven Chu proclaims, “no longer an option” then where is the next site for our Nation’s geologic repository?

The most efficient path to identifying potential sites for a repository would be to start with the sites and areas that were previously considered. Twenty eight States previously had sites under consideration prior to congressional action in 1987 which instructed the Department of Energy to study only Yucca Mountain.

A list of the states previously considered for repository sites:

Louisiana                           Mississippi
Texas                                   Utah
Washington                       Minnesota
Wisconsin                          Michigan
Maine                                  New Hampshire
Vermont                            Massachusetts
Connecticut                      Pennsylvania
New York                           New Jersey
Delaware                            Maryland
Virginia                              North Carolina
South Carolina                 Georgia
Idaho                                   Arizona
Wyoming                            Alabama
South Dakota                    Oklahoma

For more detailed information go to:

http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/uploads/1/Second_Repository_Rpt_120908.pdf