Hazardous Waste Management - Essay Example

One of the major examples of lack in the interest to dispose of this waste material was shown by one of the largest nuclear power of the world, The United States of America. In 2002 a site in Yucca mountain range in the state of Nevada was proposed as the central repository site for the disposal/burial of the nuclear waste produced throughout the country. This site was proposed as the best site for the purpose due to its geographical location as this mountain range is located far away from the cities.

However, some environmentalists still raised issues against the depositing of nuclear waste in this area and then in the year 2010 this bill was terminated by the Obama administration. The reasons proposed by the administration were that of environmental issues but they are considered to be more of bureaucratic reasons as the proposal was highly rejected by the Nevada state and the senator from Nevada. The termination of this site as a repository left the state with no other options for the disposal of nuclear waste and the government was forced to dispose off the nuclear waste on or near the site of nuclear plants, some of which are located close to cities and propose a high risk of radioactivity as well as any accident in those plants could cause heavy damage to the people living near those areas.