Where is nuclear waste ultimately going to be stored in the U.S.?

Chino, California

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Billings, Montana

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Yucca Mountain, Nevada

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Raleigh, North Carolina

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The correct option is C Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Nuclear waste in the US is stored at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

Yucca Mountain is a nuclear waste repository that was designated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Actamendments of 1987. It is a deep geological repositorystorage facility forspent nuclear fueland otherhigh level radioactive waste.

The site is located on federal land adjacent to Nevada Test SiteinNye County.

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