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The sequence of policy decisions that has surrounded the public debate over the management of the nation's accumulating stockpiles of radioactive waste has not left any alternative strategy, other than geologic burial at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to deal with the problem. Policymakers and nuclear power plant owners virtually aborted all other options and any new ideas before they were born, and then they downplayed the scientific issues and made no effort to consider alternatives other than the Yucca Mountain site, so that ultimately the only sound that was heard was the political sound. The scientific issues regarding the suitability of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository continue to be relatively insignificant insofar as political decision-making is concerned. Why was Yucca Mountain initially selected for a High Level Radioactive waste (HLW) repository, and what is the future of the project? Moreover, what has been the role of engineers and scientists in this debate? What degree of influence should the opinions of scientific experts have? More specifically, what lessons can be gained from Yucca Mountain story? This paper explores these questions and tries to find answers through an overview of the site suitability analysis and a qualitative review of the legislative steps that were taken from the enactment of the Nuclear Energy Policy Act (NWPA) to the authorization of operation license.
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