Members of the Eureka County Commission visited the U.S. Department of Energy's Yucca Mountain facility.  The site visit occurred in May 2001

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Members of the Eureka delegation prepare to board the train inside Yucca Mountain


Members of the Eureka delegation are briefed by DOE officials inside the mountain.


This is the 15 million dollar tunnel boring machine that was used to excavate the main tunnel at Yucca Mountain.

Members of the Eureka County delegation


Inside the tunnel the delegation is briefed on DOE's heater test project.

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