Yucca Mountain
Aerial photos[edit]
Aerial image of Yucca Mountain
Aerial image of Yucca Mountain crest viewed to the south
Aerial image of Yucca Moutain north end of crest
Aerial image of Yucca Mountain crest
Tunnel boring[edit]
Picture of a tour group entering the North Portal of Yucca Mountain. This is also the place where excavation by a TBM began that dug the main tunnel.
Picture of the South Portal entrance to Yucca Mountain. The large device to the left is the TBM that excavated the main tunnel which is called the Exploratory Studies Facility. The tunnel is 5 miles long and is U-shaped. The waste repository will be 1000 feet below the surface of the mountain and 1000 feet above the water table.
Picture of the TBM that dug the 5 mile long U-shaped tunnel at Yucca Mountain. The device sits at its exit point from the mountain at the South Portal.
Graphics[edit]
Yucca Mountain cross section
Three types of waste packages for Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain emplacement drifts
Yucca Mountain Johnny, a controversial mascot created by the United States Department of Energy to give information about nuclear waste disposal to children.
