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House Appropriators Blast DOE and NRC over Yucca Mountain – AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS

Posted on April 9, 2011 by admin

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held a hearing on March 31 to examine the FY 2012 budget requests for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy. The hearing [...]

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The danger of spent-fuel rods and the Yucca Mountain project – Reuters Blogs

Posted on March 19, 2011 by admin

At the malfunctioning Japanese atomic reactor, attention has shifted from the cores to the spent-fuel pools as the real radiation threat — the spent-fuel pools contain far more uranium than the reactor cores. Guess where most spent-fuel rods are stored [...]

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NRC chairman says Yucca Mountain closeout to include license panel – Las Vegas Review Journal

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

WASHINGTON — Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Wednesday that the agency is continuing to close out its activities on the Yucca Mountain repository, a process that eventually will include halting the work of the project’s …

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Lawmakers invoke Japan catastrophe to make case for Yucca Mountain – Las Vegas Review Journal

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

WASHINGTON — Several members of Congress Wednesday said the nuclear disaster in Japan might justify reviving plans for a nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain. Comments made at a House hearing were the first time that anyone has linked the [...]

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Plan to use Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste revisited – Tacoma News Tribune

Posted on March 15, 2011 by admin

WASHINGTON – A large contingent of House Republicans is trying to revive Yucca Mountain as the main site for the nation’s nuclear waste as part of a broader plan that calls for building 200 new nuclear plants by 2030. WASHINGTON [...]

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Yucca Mountain Waste Plan Still Alive Under Republican Nuclear Plan – Free Internet Press

Posted on March 15, 2011 by admin

Y ucca Mountain is still breathing. It’s been 24 long years since Congress first designated the desert locale in southern Nevada as the best place to store the nation’s nuclear waste. While opponents have gained the upper hand in trying [...]

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NRC senior staffers protest Yucca Mountain shutdown – Las Vegas Review – Journal

Posted on March 12, 2011 by admin

NRC senior staffers protest Yucca Mountain shutdownLas Vegas Review – JournalWASHINGTON — Three senior staff members at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission signed written dissents to the agency's ongoing shutdown of the Yucca Mountain project, according to documents made public Friday. [...]

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Yucca Mountain shutdown criticized – Las Vegas Review Journal

Posted on March 11, 2011 by admin

WASHINGTON — A departing leader of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Yucca Mountain shutdown, saying it has damaged the government’s credibility on nuclear matters. Commissioner Dale Klein made …

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Double attack on US nuclear waste fees – World Nuclear News

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin

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Double attack on US nuclear waste feesWorld Nuclear NewsAmerican utilities and regulators have both filed lawsuits against the Department of Energy (DoE) for continuing to charge for the halted Yucca Mountain project. Funding for the Yucca Mountain has come from [...]

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MURRAY & GRABOWSKI: Obama wastes Yucca Mountain – Washington Times

Posted on March 5, 2011 by admin

Washington Times

MURRAY & GRABOWSKI: Obama wastes Yucca MountainWashington TimesWe have the prospect of a long-term solution in the geologic disposal site of Yucca Mountain, but courts and the Obama administration have thrown up needless roadblocks. It is time for Congress [...]

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Yucca Mountain’s fate has no effect on waste confidence rule: US NRC – Platts

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

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Yucca Mountain's fate has no effect on waste confidence rule: US NRCPlattsThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied a petition for rulemaking filed by a former Department of Energy employee at the Yucca Mountain repository project in Nevada [...]

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Yucca Mountain Resolution Approved By State House – WSJM

Posted on March 3, 2011 by admin

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Yucca Mountain Resolution Approved By State HouseWSJMThe first one calls on the federal government to open up the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility in Nevada. Nesbitt says that Michigan electric customers have been paying for the facility to be [...]

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Wisconsin Electric receives $45.5 million in used fuel settlement – Power-Gen Worldwide

Posted on March 1, 2011 by admin

Wisconsin Electric receives $45.5 million in used fuel settlementPower-Gen WorldwideThe 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act was created to allow utilities to begin taking used nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants for disposal in a permanent repository, which was expected to [...]

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Two orders by panel keep active licensing case for Yucca Mountain – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin

Two orders by panel keep active licensing case for Yucca MountainLas Vegas Review-JournalWASHINGTON — A panel of judges issued a pair of orders Friday that keep active the licensing case for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste plan. The Atomic Safety [...]

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Why Wyoming’s Former Governor Vetoed Nuclear Waste – New West

Posted on February 24, 2011 by admin

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Why Wyoming's Former Governor Vetoed Nuclear WasteNew WestBefore the controversy over Yucca Mountain in Nevada, energy companies wanted to store nuclear waste near Shoshoni, Wyoming. Mike Sullivan, the state's former governor, says his 1992 decision to keep the project [...]

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