Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

Advancing the national, economic, and energy security of the United States

We are experts in developing the systems, structures, and components necessary to safely manage the nation's spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

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    The Department of Energy conducted hydrologic and tracer testing by drilling boreholes in the saturated zone southeast of Yucca Mountain circa 1984.

    hydrologic and tracer testing