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See State-by-State National HLW Transportation Routes Will Nuclear Waste Travel Through Your State? -- This is an external link to the State of Nevada, Nuclear Waste Project Office. Maps of all states where nuclear waste would be transported to Yucca Mountain are shown.

Map of Yucca Mountain Legal Weight Truck Routes Potential legal weight truck routes for shipping spent nuclear fuel HLW to Yucca Mountain. (62KB)

View Map of Yucca Mountain Rail Routes in Nevada This colored DOE map shows eleven (11) potential rail routes under consideration for transporting HLW through Nevada to Yucca Mountain. (71KB)

Where is Nuclear Waste Generated? This map shows the location of spent reactor fuel and High-Level Waste (HLW) destined for geologic disposal at Yucca Mountain. (61KB)

Site Map of Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site Site map showing Yucca Mountain> in relation to other land uses on the Nevada Test Site (71KB)

Site Map of Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site Site map showing Yucca Mountain in relation to other land uses on the Nevada Test Site (71KB)

DOE Office of Civilian Radio Active Waste Map Center

Quick facts at a glance about the Yucca Mountain RepositoryLocation:  Yucca Mountain is located on federal land in a remote area of Nye County in southern Nevada, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Land withdrawal area The proposed Yucca Mountain repository withdrawal area would occupy about 230 square miles (150,000 acres) of federal land that is currently under the control of the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Air Force, and the Bureau of Land Management.

Population: No one lives at Yucca Mountain. The closest year-round housing is about 14 miles south of the site, in the Amargosa Desert.

Geology: Yucca Mountain is a ridge comprised of layers of volcanic rock, called “tuff.” This rock is made of ash that was deposited by successive eruptions from nearby volcanoes, between 11 and 14 million years ago. These volcanoes have been extinct for millions of years.

Elevation: At its crest, Yucca mountain reaches an elevation of 4,950 feet.

Climate:  View current weather conditions Yucca Mountain receives less than 7.5 inches of precipitation on average per year.
The mean annual temperature is about 63° Fahrenheit.

Natural Resources: There are no known natural resources of commercial value at Yucca Mountain (such as precious metals, minerals, oil, etc.).