| | the geology and climatology of yucca ... nevada has been approved by congress as the site for the nation s high-level ... for its geological capacity to isolate the waste for at least 10,000 years thus ... than any other comparable feature on the planet the path to development however ... still faces political technical and scientific ... part because yucca mountain is within the tectonically active basin and range ... province this volume explains the reasoning and the history for the ... it presents important results of the site characterization study including ... discussion of the tectonic setting detailed structural ... that have been proposed and a study of the climate history and possible climate ... change that could affect the mountain s ability to isolate ...
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