The UNLV Yucca Mountain Education Project

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The UNLV Yucca Mountain Education Project is a multidisciplinary effort by interested faculty and staff of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to create a balanced information resource for the general public on the subject of high-level radioactive waste repositories. The goal of the project is to present positive and negative aspects of the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repository so that the general public can be informed.
Current and Recent Events (Most require Adobe Acrobat and/or Microsoft Powerpoint)
2001		2002
Feb. 23, 2001 Town Hall Meeting: Nuclear Waste Management Strategies (Powerpoint presentation) Introductory slides Waste Management Strategies September 14, 2001 Town Hall Meeting:Alternative solutions to nuclear energy September 14, 2001 Town Hall Meeting: Nevada Power’s Solution to Energy Needs (Powerpoint Presentation) Renewable Energy In Nevada (Powerpoint presentation) Friday, October 19, 2001 Town Hall Meeting: Yucca Mountain history - Selection process/pre -1987 history Friday, November 30, 2001 Town Hall Meeting: Nuclearism and Nevada - The "politics of science" and the post-1987 of Yucca Mountain history		March 8, 2002 Town Hall Meeting: "What is being done to protect Nevada: Repository Design and Licensing The NRC Licensing Project: judging the safety of a proposed repository by Robert M. Latta (Powerpoint Presentation) Yucca Mountain Project by Dan Kane (PDF of talk) April 12, 2002 Town Hall Meeting: "What is being done to protect Nevada: Transportation of Waste" November 14, 2002 Town Hall Meeting: "What is being done to protect Nevada?: Transportation Issues" by Bob Halstead (Powerpoint presentation) (Microsoft Word Document)

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Last updated 05/26/2004