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With the end of the Cold War, the United States has been working to close and clean up obsolete weapons plants and decommission nuclear weapons. This has generated a need to manage the waste materials. A repository at Yucca Mountain will provide a facility for disposing of these materials.

• U.S. Department of Energy – Environmental Section
• DOE Environmental Management Office of Long-Term Stewardship
• U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers Environmental Division