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The USGS Yucca Mountain Project Branch consists of about 80 people. Interdisciplinary teams of geologists, hydrologists, technicians, and other support personnel work together, including Bureau of Reclamation and contract employees. Most employees are located at the Denver Federal Center, Colorado. Others are located in California and at DOE offices in Nevada and Virginia. Many Branch employees have been working on the Project for more than 10 years.

The Branch consists of four teams

Las Vegas Operations
Environmental Science
Scientific Synthesis
Operations and Support

The Branch Chief is located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Branch is under the oversight of the Chief of the Office of Ground Water in Reston, Virginia.

USGS scientist drilling a shallow observation well to study ground-water discharge at Franklin Lake Playa, south of Yucca Mountain. USGS hydrologists investigate an abandoned hand-dug well near the California-Nevada state line. Such historic data are needed to calibrate models that simulate predevelopment ground-water conditions.

USGS scientist drilling a shallow observation well to study ground-water discharge at Franklin Lake Playa, south of Yucca Mountain.
(Photo by USGS) USGS hydrologists investigate an abandoned, hand-dug well near the California-Nevada State line. Historical data are needed to calibrate models that simulate predevelopment
ground-water conditions.
(Photo by USGS)

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USGS scientist drilling a shallow observation well to study ground-water discharge at Franklin Lake Playa, south of Yucca Mountain. (Photo by USGS)		USGS hydrologists investigate an abandoned, hand-dug well near the California-Nevada State line. Historical data are needed to calibrate models that simulate predevelopment ground-water conditions. (Photo by USGS)