Site suitability study approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an underground dump consisting of some 50 parallel tunnels within which radioactive waste from more than 100 commercial, industrial and military sites would rest. Cost estimated at $57.5 billion. Public hearings by the Department of Energy underway until mid-December. Construction could begin by 2005, assuming it gets congressional approval, with first shipments by 2010. Visit www.ymp.gov 49/01.
