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Yucca Mountain

Photo & Location

Conceptual Design

Pre-Licensing Activities

NRC's Role

Site Characterization

Site Recommendation

Schedule

How We Regulate

Regs, Guidance & Communications

Licensing

Oversight

Public Involvement in High-Level Waste Program

Regulatory Initiatives

Resolution of Key Technical Issues

Review of DOE's Environmental Impact Statement

Schedule for Constructing a Proposed High-Level Waste Repository

Four major steps—site characterization, site approval, licensing review, and construction—would have to be completed before operation of a proposed high-level waste repository could begin. These four steps would span more than 20 years as illustrated in the draft schedule diagram.