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HomeNewsMiscellaneousNevada’s Yucca Mountain Case Versus DOE Thrown Out

Nevada’s Yucca Mountain Case Versus DOE Thrown Out

December 14, 2007 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Nevada’s Yucca Mountain Case Versus DOE Thrown Out

 

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France starts on nuclear waste storage project

August 16, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on France starts on nuclear waste storage project

Apparently the French are working on their nuclear waste storage facility, they already have a research laboratory constructed about 1/2-km underground. The actual repository will come on line around 2025 and be one of the […]

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Yucca Mountain Moving Forward

June 5, 2008 rockman Press Releases Comments Off on Yucca Mountain Moving Forward

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission – No. 08-106 – June 3, 2008

NRC RECEIVES DOE’S LICENSE APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission received an application today from the U.S. Department of Energy for a license to construct the nation’s first geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nev.

“We are ready to get to work on this challenging review,” said NRC Chairman Dale E. Klein. “Congress has given the NRC a strict timetable for reviewing this application, and I want to assure the American people that we will perform an independent, rigorous and thorough examination to determine whether the repository can safely house the nation’s high-level waste. The NRC’s licensing decision will be based entirely on the technical merits.” [Editor] Read on for the rest of the press release [/Editor]

 

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It’s Official – USDOE ‘Pulls the Plug’ on Yucca Mountain

February 15, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on It’s Official – USDOE ‘Pulls the Plug’ on Yucca Mountain

It’s been evident for a while that Yucca Mountain was history after it was announced that it’s funding was eliminated by President Obama. ENR is reporting that the USDOE is officially withdrawing its Nuclear Regulatory […]

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