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Figure 1-4. Photograph Showing the Tunnel Boring Machine Operating at Yucca Mountain

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Work on the Exploratory Studies Facility started in late 1992, tunnel boring machine operations commenced in September 1994, and the Exploratory Studies Facility ramps and main drift were completed in the spring of 1997.

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