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"Years of exhaustive scientific investigations, conducted by the Department of Energy, the U.S. Geological Survey, our national laboratories, and others have examined every environmental facet of Yucca Mountain, from hydrology to geology, seismology, and more. These studies found no evidence that would disqualify the site for a permanent repository. It would provide the necessary long-term containment of the waste, while protecting the citizens of the State of Nevada, now and in the distant future, from radiological harm."