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Final Standards for Yucca Mountain Protect Public Health and Environment

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Workers install rock strain monitoring equipment at Yucca MountainAdministrator Whitman announced final, very
stringent public health and environmental
standards for Yucca Mountain,the proposed repository for spent fuel from the nation's commercial nuclear power plants. EPA has developed radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain to safeguard public health and the environment. 

Yucca Mountain, Nevada is the U.S. Department of Energy's potential underground geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

What Information can I find in the Yucca mountain Radiation Protection pages? 

You can find information about these Yucca Mountain radiation protection-related topics:

About Yucca Mountain
Provides basic information about the project and EPA's radiation protection role.

Frequently Asked Questions
Answers many of the questions you may have about the proposed Repository

Roles of the Federal Agencies
Describes the responsibilities of the federal agencies that have responsibility for one or more aspects of the proposed repository.

Yucca Mountain Dockets
Provides information to help you find and use EPA's Yucca Mountain dockets.

Publications
Contains documents about Yucca Mountain.

Laws and Regulations
Contains the laws and regulations that govern Yucca Mountain.

Links
Is a list of other Web pages that provide Yucca Mountain information.

Contacting Us
Tells you how you can contact us for more information.

In the News!
Catches you up on the latest EPA activities regarding Yucca Mountain.

What's New on the Page
Catches you up on changes to the Yucca Mountain Web site.

Tour Information:
Visit the U.S. Department of Energy's Yucca Mountain Website to learn about opportunities for touring Yucca Mountian.

To view files marked "PDF" you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader®. If you do not have it, you may obtain and install by visiting EPA's portable document format page.

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