References & Sources

Relieving stress at nuclear-waste site

A land survey near Yucca Mountain, Nev., the proposed site for an underground nuclear-waste dump, found no appreciable ground warping there.

References:

Savage, J.C., J.L. Svarc, and W.H. Prescott. 1999. Strain accumulation at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Geophysical Research 104(Aug. 10):17,627.

Further Readings:

Monastersky, R. 1998. Shifting ground at nuclear waste site. Science News 153(April 18):251.

Sources:

James C. Savage
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road
Mailstop Code 977
Menlo Park, CA 94025

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 15, October 9, 1999, p. 232. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.