Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, is known for being ____.
A) the western boundary of the Colorado River drainage basin
B) the site of the largest nuclear waste spill in U.S. history
C) chosen as the permanent repository for the nation's nuclear waste
D) the recharge area for the Ogallala aquifer

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Yucca Mountain was chosen as the permanent repository for the nation's nuclear waste, but it is not the western boundary of the Colorado River drainage basin, the site of the largest nuclear waste spill in U.S. history, or the recharge area for the Ogallala aquifer.

Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, Is Known for Being ____