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December 1999 -- Testimony of Pete Goicoechea, Board of Eureka County Commissioners (NV), Crescent Valley Public Hearing. The testimony addresses the Adequacy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
December, 1999 -- Testimony of Sandy Green, Board of Eureka County Commissioners (NV), Crescent Valley Public Hearing. The testimony addresses the Adequacy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
December 20, 1999 -- Guinn seeks expanded NTS ground water tests Gov. Kenny Guinn (NV) has asked the U.S. Department of Energy for an extra $40 million to expand the monitoring of ground water for radiation contamination at the Nevada Test Site from hundreds of nuclear weapons exploded from 1951 until 1992. The governor said in a letter to Energy Secretary Bill Richardson that estimates of ground water contamination may extend beyond 300 square miles. The Test Site encompasses 1 million square miles. Contamination depths may range from 500 to 5,000 feet, Guinn said -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
December 17, 1999 -- Science panel says Yucca too small for Idaho nuke waste More than 12,000 cubic feet of high-level nuclear waste stored in Idaho may not fit into a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain and should stay where it is, a national scientific panel warned -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
December 16, 1999 -- Test site gains contaminated land The Energy Department made it official Wednesday: The Nevada Test Site has grown by nearly 200 square miles thanks to some surface contamination from a 1968 nuclear test and President Clinton's signature on a law this year -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
December 12, 1999 -- DOE gives a nod and wink to Yucca's flaws -- opinion By Guy W. Farmer I have a question for you this mornning: Who do you think contributes more money to political campaigns, (a) the nuclear power industry and its highly paid lobbyists or (b) Nevada middle school students? -- Guy W. Farmer, a semi-retired journalist and former U.S. diplomat,resides in Carson City -- Nevada Appeal (Carson City, NV).
December 9, 1999 -- Comment by the State of Nevada -- on the Yucca Mountain Draft Environmental Impact Statement Presented by Robert Halstead at the public hearing in Crescent Valley, Nevada.
December 09, 1999 -- Experts stress shipping risks (Las Vegas,NV) - State officials call for extensive tests of casks planned for transporting radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain. Nevada's experts in radioactive waste and transportation called on Wednesday for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct expensive, full-scale tests of casks the governmentintends to use for shipping potentially deadly wastes to Yucca Mountain. "Just kicking a cask out of an airplane isn't really full-scale testing," said Steve Frishman, a geologist and full-time consultant for the State Nuclear Projects Agency -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal.
December 8, 1999 -- Comments: State of Nevada on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Study Assessing Risks of Spent Nuclear Fuel Sransportation Accidents (modal study update) -- By Robert Halstead
December 7, 1999 -- State of Nevada, Statement Of Robert J. Halstead to the DOE OCRWM Regarding the YM Draft EIS For A Geologic Repository At Yucca Mountain, Nevada Presented At The Public Hearing In Austin, Nevada December 7, 1999
December 05, 1999 -- Senators gear for next round of Yucca battles WASHINGTON -- The Senate's two leading supporters of storing nuclear waste in Nevada are preparing for fierce battle with Nevada Sens. Richard Bryan and Harry Reid. Sens. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, want to send the nation's nuclear waste -- eventually 77,000 tons -- to Nevada for permanent storage. Waste now stored at nuclear power plants across the nation would be shipped to Yucca Mountain 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas as early as 2007, according to the latest nuclear waste storage bill. Craig and Murkowski are gearing up for another debate on the bill to come after Congress resumes Jan. 24. The two will continue to clash with Bryan and Reid, Democrats who are well known for opposing waste storage in Nevada -- By Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN
Public Meetings- Spent nuclear fuel transportation casks -- December 8, 1999 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. Henderson Convention Center, 200 Water Street, Henderson, NV and December 9, 1999 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 noon Mountain View Casino and Bowl, 1750 Pahrump Valley Road, Pahrump, NV -- A discussion of spent nuclear fuel transportation safety Representatives of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will conduct a meeting to seek public input into its proposed update of a 1987 study that examined the robustness of spent nuclear fuel transportation casks in accidents. The agency would like the public to comment on those aspects of transportation safety they believe are most important
December 05, 1999 -- The day of reckoning, Nuke plants running out of space as they wait for Yucca decision CALVERT CLIFFS COUNTY, Md. -- Fishing boats bob on the steel-blue Chesapeake Bay near this picturesque shore. Surrounding fields are a fading summer green. Forests are awash in red, gold and rust. White-tailed deer dart into the woods. A bald eagle soars. Sea breezes blow. This beautiful setting seems a strange place to find one of the nastiest substances on Earth. But nestled on this former Maryland tobacco farm is the state's only nuclear power plant, where two 850-megawatt nuclear reactors generate electricity for 450,000 households -- and 35 to 40 tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste a year -- By Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN

Photo: Spent Solid Nuclear Waste is stored in steel-reinforced concrete bunkers above ground at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in southern Maryland.

Photo: Armed guards and radiation experts escort a truck transporting a nuclear waste cask from an indoor storage pool at Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant to an outdoor storage bunker nearby.

Photo: Engineers on duty inside a "live" control room of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in southern Maryland. Calvert Cliffs would send its spent solid waste to Yucca Mountain under a current proposal.
December 3, 1999 -- Yucca Mountain EIS criticized as incomplete A draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear site was called inadequate, incomplete and not in compliance with federal requirements. -- By Rex Bove, Nevada Appeal, Carson City
December 02, 1999 -- Bryan: New Yucca plan changes rules The Department of Energy is trying to circumvent federal law in its latest proposal to change the rules for determining whether Yucca Mountain is a suitable site for a nuclear waste repository, Sen. Richard Bryan said Wednesday -- By Keith Rogers Review-Journal
December 02, 1999 -- Editorial: Trying to steamroll waste into our state -- Las Vegas Sun
December 2, 1999 -- State of Nevada EIS public comments by Bob Loux - Statement to the DOE OCRWM Regarding the YM Draft EIS For A Geologic Repository At Yucca Mountain, Nevada Presented by Bob Loux At The Public Hearing In Reno, Nevada
December 2, 1999 -- State of Nevada - Statement Of Anne Peirce Nevada Commission On Nuclear Projects To The U.S. Department Of Energy Office Of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Regarding The Draft Environmental Impact Statement For A Geologic Repository For The Disposal Of Spent Nuclear Fuel And High-Level Radioactive Waste At Yucca Mountain Presented At The Public Hearing In Reno, Nevada December 1, 1999
December 01, 1999 -- Yucca Mountain policy revision angers officials A proposal would end the safety requirement that water take 1,000 years to reach radioactive waste.
Claiming the government is still trying to change the rules to make Yucca Mountain an acceptable site for entombing nuclear waste, Nevada officials said they are outraged with the latest policy revision proposed Tuesday in the Federal Register. -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal

November
November 30, 1999 -- Proposed Rule Making (10 CFR Parts 960 and 963) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; Nuclear Waste Repositories; Yucca Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr30no99-37]
November 27, 1999 -- Eureka County to hold nuke waste workshop Eureka County is planning to Dec. 2 workshop to help residents in northeast Nevada prepare for upcoming federal hearings on the Yucca Mountain dump plan -- Nevada Appeal.
November 23, 1999 -- State of Nevada Comments: Environmental Radiation Protection (EPA) Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada -- Proposed Rule 40 CFR Part 197
November 21, 1999 -- Nevada Apeal (Carson City, NV) Letter to the Editor, Yucca Mountain -- by S. Swafford Water rights to Yucca Mountain - should we give the Department of Energy license to use our water?
November 19, 1999 -- Letter from Nevada Congressional Delegation to State Engineer Michael, R. Turnipseed. The letter urge, in the strongest terms, that the application of the Department of Energy to appropriate the waters of Nevada be denied.
November 18, 1999 -- Where I Stand, Brian Greenspun: The science of spin (Brian Greenspun is editor of the Las Vegas Sun) The Department of Energy is arguing that the state of Nevada should base any decision it makes about water use at Yucca Mountain on -- get this -- scientific evidence.
November 18, 1999 -- Nye County's challenge to Yucca water remains alive A District Court judge in Tonopah (Nevada) has kept alive a challenge by Nye County and Amargosa Valley residents to a federal request for ground water to support a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
November 17, 1999 -- Have an opinion on nuke waste? Here's your chance -- Editorial Opinion, By Abby Johnson Yucca Mountain has been poked, prodded, probed, boreholed, boiled, and baked by the Department of Energy's world-class scientists, taking exploratory surgery to new depths in an effort to learn whether the mountain is a safe place to put 70,000 tons of nuclear waste.
November 17, 1999 -- State engineer urged to deny DOE water use at Yucca Mt. CARSON CITY -- A state attorney said Tuesday that granting the Department of Energy a water permit to develop and operate a high-level nuclear dump at Yucca Mountain was a clear and present danger to the robust economy of Nevada -- By Cy Ryan and Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
November 16, 1999 -- State engineer concludes hearings on nuke dump water rights request CARSON CITY (AP) - State Engineer Mike Turnipseed closed hearings Tuesday on a federal bid to pump groundwater for a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. Witnesses at Tuesday's wrap-up hearing included representatives of Citizen Alert and other public interest groups that backed the state's argument that the dump would have an adverse economic impact on Nevada. -- By Brendan Riley ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
November 14, 1999 -- Where I Stand, Brian Greenspun: It's simple: Just say no Brian Greenspun is editor of the Las Vegas Sun. TELL ME what I am missing. The Department of Energy has filed an application with the state of Nevada for the use of some 430 acre feet of water to be used, first to build and then to operate the nation's only high-level nuclear waste repository (that's government lingo for a radioactive garbage dump). It will be up to the state engineer, Michael Turnipseed, to determine whether to grant that request.
November 14, 1999 -- Columnist Jeff German (Las Vegas Sun): Gaming has sat out nuke dump fight long enough NEVADA'S two Democratic senators, Harry Reid and Richard Bryan, last week again managed to delay an inevitable vote on bringing high-level nuclear waste to Nevada. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi told Reid the nuclear waste bill won't be brought up before Congress adjourns for the year this week. But a Lott spokesman said a vote likely would take place early in 2000 when Congress reconvenes. The bill allows the nation's nuclear power plants to begin sending their waste to a storage site 90 miles from Las Vegas as early as 2007. For the past 12 years, Reid and Bryan have been leading the fight on Capitol Hill against overwhelming odds. And they've been doing it for the most part without strong backing from the state's most important industry -- gaming.
November 14, 1999 -- Nuke projects office holds Carson hearing Both the federal government and the state's Nuclear Waste Project Office have scheduled hearings in Carson City on the Yucca Mountain Project -- by Geoff Dornan, Nevada Appeal.
November 12, 1999 -- Governor stays out of Yucca hearings CARSON CITY -- Gov. Kenny Guinn said today he strongly opposes a nuclear dump in Nevada, but he won't intervene in the hearings on the application of the U.S. Department of Energy for water rights for the project -- By Cy Ryan SUN CAPITAL BUREAU
November 12, 1999 -- Senate won't debate nuclear waste bill this year WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has decided to end the year without debating whether to store tons of lethal nuclear waste in Nevada, but the state's lawmakers are bracing for a fight early next year -- AP Story
November 11, 1999 -- Lott tells Reid nuke waste bill won't be debated until next year WASHINGTON -- Sen. Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., told Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.,privately on Wednesday that he would not bring up the nuclear waste bill in Congress this session, Reid said -- By Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN
November 11, 1999 -- Nuclear waste vote put on hold by Lott Bryan, Reid urge caution with regard to Yucca Mountain bill WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., has decided to wait until next year before scheduling a Senate vote on a bill to send nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain as early as 2007, according to an environmental newsletter. By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau -- Las Vegas Review-Journal
November 9, 1999 -- Yucca foes cite risk to tourism, water Nevada's tourist-based economy and water use near Yucca Mountain are reasons why the state engineer should deny the Department of Energy's application to withdraw 430 acre-feet of well water for a nuclear waste repository, a state nuclear official said Monday -- Las Vegas Review-Journal.
November 9, 1999 -- Denial of water rights could delay proposed nuclear dump State hearings have opened on a water-pumping request for a proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain - a federal project that would face more delays if the pumping rights are denied -- By Trevor Hayes ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 8, 1999 -- DOE makes Yucca pitch to state agency Over the next two weeks the U.S. Department of Energy will make its case for building a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain to the state agency that has the greatest say about it: State Engineer Michael Turnipseed began Monday hearing the DOE's five applications to use 430 acre feet of Nevada's ground water to supply crews building and operating a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
November 5, 1999 -- Says state buying time as session nears end LAS VEGAS - Chances of a vote on a controversial nuclear waste bill are growing slimmer as Congress nears adjournment, but a protracted budget battle between President Clinton and Republicans could change the politicial landscape By ROBERT MACY, Associated Press Writer
November 3, 1999 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) -- Petition From the State of Nevada Extension of Comment Period -- NRC regulations governing safeguards for shipments of spent nuclear fuel against sabotage and terrorism
November 3, 1999 -- State: Nuclear dump too reliant on barriers The Department of Energy should not be allowed to rely on engineered barriers to make up for unsuitable natural features in entombing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, state and local officials told federal regulators Tuesday -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
November 03, 1999 -- NRC accused of loosening Yucca rules Critics of a plan to regulate a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain attacked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tuesday for a rule that appears to help the U.S. Department of Energy build the proposed dump 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
November 03, 1999 -- NRC Comments on EPA's Proposed Radiation Standards For Yucca Mountain Waste Repository
November 02, 1999 -- Report can't rule out Yucca nuclear dump Even though the toxicity of nuclear waste can be reduced, the nation still will need a dump, a report says. WASHINGTON -- It would cost $280 billion and take 117 years to transform the nation's nuclear waste into a less lethal substance, according to a report Monday by the Department of Energy. Even then, the report concluded, a repository at Yucca Mountain still would be necessary -- By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau
November 01, 1999 -- Bryan, Reid set to block nuke waste bill debate WASHINGTON -- Sens. Richard Bryan and Harry Reid, both D-Nev., are ready to block debate this week on a bill that would bring nuclear waste to Nevada as early as 2007 --By Mary Manning and Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN

October
October 27, 1999 -- Senate eager to debate nuke waste bill before Congress adjourns Nevada lawmakers stand ready to block latest legislation - A bill that would bring high-level nuclear waste to Nevada as soon as 2007 may end up a victim of an avalanche of work the Senate has to complete before its session ends for the year -- By Marry Manning, Las Vegas Sun.
October 27, 1999 -- Group testifies about dangers of Yucca Mountain plan The U.S. Department of Energy's plan to turn Yucca Mountain into a high-level nuclear waste repository would cause more deaths than leaving the wastes at existing reactors, Physicians for Social Responsibility told DOE officials Tuesday -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
October 27, 199 -- Nevadans blast nuke dump site WASHINGTON - Nevada officials continued Tuesday their criticism of a Department of Energy report about the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain -- By Geoffrey Redick, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire
October 26, 1999 -- Nevada senators fight late push for nuke bill WASHINGTON -- Nevada Sens. Richard Bryan and Harry Reid today promised to fight a last-minute push in Congress to pass a bill that would bring nuclear waste to Nevada as early as 2007 -- By Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN
October 26, 1999 -- State delegates back scientists' Yucca report Nevada's four members of Congress welcomed the conclusion of an unreleased report that recommends the Department of Energy delay building a high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain and spend $280 million to research technology that could convert the highly radioactive material into low-level waste -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
October 26, 1999 -- State of Nevada - Governor Kenny C. Guinn's Comments at the Draft Y.M. EIS Public Hearing in Washington D.C. - October 26, 1999
October 26, 1999 -- State of Nevada - Robert Halstead's Comments at the Draft Y.M. EIS Public Hearing in Washington D.C. - October 26, 1999
October 25, 1999 -- Nevada officials warn of hazards while transporting nuclear waste WASHINGTON - Nevada officials were trying to drum up opposition Monday to a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, warning fellow lawmakers that moving nuclear waste across the country will be hazardous -- By Bart Jansen ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 22 1999 -- DOE Letter from Bill Richardson (Secretary of Energy) to Gov. Kenny C. Guinn re: Concerns about S. 1287
October 22, 1999 -- Governors lobby Congress on Yucca - Association says don't cave in over attempt to alter nuke waste rules The National Governors Association told Senate Majority leader Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., not to weaken proposed radiation exposure standards for a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN

October 21, 1999 -- EPA accused of manipulating Yucca rules A Nevada official accused the federal Environmental Protection Agency of setting a radiation exposure limit that will allow the construction of an unsafe, high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
October 16, 1999 -- State starts check of contamination models - - A probe of claims by a scientific panel, which examines the movement of debris from below-ground nuclear tests, is ordered by the governor - - State Nuclear Projects Agency chief Bob Loux said Friday he is investigating claims by a scientific panel that computer models are flawed for predicting movements of contaminants from below-ground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
October 14, 1999 -- Yucca nuke route could affect 370,000 If a high-level nuclear waste dump is built 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, trucks carrying the nation's radioactive trash could rumble within a half-mile of 37 schools, 23 hotels, a major health facility and a special events center --By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
October 14, 1999 -- Hearing on EPA's Yucca Mountain standards WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency had prepared for an all-day public hearing Wednesday on radiation standards at Yucca Mountain. Within an hour, six speakers had been heard and there were no more to be found -- By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau (Las Vegas Review Journel)
October 13, 1999 -- Commission hears public outcry over Yucca Mountain A Nuclear Regulatory Commission advisory panel heard public frustrations over the burial of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountaina -- a massive public project that has never been done before anywhere in the world -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
October 13, 1999 -- Chances dim for nuclear waste debate WASHINGTON -- Expectations that the Senate will engage in a fiery debate on nuclear waste are fizzling -- By Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN
October 12, 1999 -- Gore vows to fight for Nevada's rights. Vice President Al Gore left Las Vegas today with about $200,000 for his presidential campaign,but not before pledging to protect Nevada's rights in its fight against a nuclear waste dump here -- By Steve Kanigher LAS VEGAS SUN
October 12, 1999 -- Gibbons wants probe of Yucca contract. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., has called for a General Accounting Office investigation into a $16 million contract awarded to a Washington, D.C., law firm that represents a Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository contractor -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN.
Opinion -- As with the right to vote, fundamental principles of equality and equity are at stake. As with the right to vote, those in power (in this case nuclear) have a vested interest in making sure that they prevail by disenfranchising Nevadans
October 05, 1999 -- Editorial, Las Vegas Sun: Clinton's fair shake for Nevada President Clinton has reaffirmed his commitment to fairness in the federal government's investigation of whether Yucca Mountain in Nevada is suitable to be a permanent repository for high-level nuclear waste. Clinton, on his way to a fund-raiser in Las Vegas on Friday, told Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan, D-Nev., aboard Air Force One that he would veto legislation pending in Congress that would weaken safety standards for a proposed repository.
October 05, 1999 -- Vote on Yucca Mountain bill postponed In the face of a certain presidential veto, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., haspostponed consideration of a nuclear waste bill Nevada until the end the month. Sen. Frank Murkowski's bill was expected to be voted on this week but with President Clinton promising on Friday to veto the Alaskan Republican's bill, Lott has decided to try and retool the measure, the National Journal's CongressDaily reported on Monday -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN

October 01, 1999 -- Scientist warns of accident at Yucca A Nevada scientist said an uncontrolled, nuclear chain reaction similar to one that released dangerous levels of radiation Thursday from at a Japanese uranium plant could happen with spent fuel the U.S. government wants to store in Yucca Mountain -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal

September
September 30, 1999 -- Website depicts perilous path of nuke waste. WASHINGTON -- Nevada Democratic lawmakers in Congress and a liberal Washington, D.C., advocacy group have teamed up to launch an Internet website today that details the transportation routes nuclear waste would travel to Nevada -- By Benjamin Grove, Las Vegas SUN
September 30, 1999 -- Nuclear waste bill vote in Senate likely next week - WASHINGTON -- A bill targeting Nevada for storage of nuclear waste as early as 2007 is expected to reach the Senate floor for debate and a final vote next week -- By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review Journal
September 29, 1999 -- Bryan takes to Senate floor to battle nuke waste proposal. WASHINGTON -- Sen. Richard Bryan on Tuesday fired a preemptive strike against lawmakers in Congress who are pushing the latest version of a bill concerning nuclear waste storage in Nevada -- By Benjamin Grove LAS VEGAS SUN
September 28, 1999 -- Yucca Mountain impact report criticized AMARGOSA VALLEY -- In the town nearest the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, speakers at the first of 17 public hearings on the project said Monday the Energy Department's draft impact report lacks credibility and veers from sound scienc -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 28, 1999 -- DOE plan for Yucca would shift public land. AMARGOSA VALLEY -- The Department of Energy plans to remove 230 square miles of land from public use, including the northern part of the town of Amargosa Valley, if a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository is built at Yucca Mountain. By Mary Manning, LAS VEGAS SUN
September 28, 1999 -- Yucca oversight part of spending measure Senate takes up $22 billion bill passed by House The Senate was expected today to consider a $22 billion bill financing energy and water projects,including about $400 million for Southern Nevada --By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
September 27, 1999 -- Statement of Robert R. Loux, Executive Director Office of the Governor, Nevada Agency For Nuclear Projects to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada -- Presented at the public hearing in Amargosa Valley, Nevada September 1999
September 27, 1999 -- Scientists propose different limits for Yucca Mountain. Government scientists have proposed two different radiation limits for a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. But independent scientists question whether either standard will protect the public's health -- ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 26, 1999 -- DOE to hear public on Yucca Nuke waste debate to be hot topic at 17 meetings The Department of Energy begins hearings this week on its environmental impact statement for a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, and the debate could become as hot as the radioactive rods the agency plans to ship to Nevada -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
September 25, 1999 -- Test site leakage probed: Nevada environmental officials approve a plan for federal scientists exploring ground water contamination - By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review Journel
September 25, 1999 -- Lawmakers agree to earmark $352.5 million for Yucca Mountain WASHINGTON -- House negotiators yielded Friday to a Senate budget proposal for nuclear waste, staving off potentially massive layoffs at Yucca Mountain. A House and Senate conference committee agreed to earmark $352.5 million for the civilian and defense nuclear waste storage program for fiscal year 2000 -- ... At the same time it was reducing the Yucca Mountain budget, the conference committee agreed to full funding for the state of Nevada and counties surrounding Yucca Mountain to continue monitoring the department's activities, according to Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., who sat on the negotiating panel. By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Donrey Washington Bureau
September 22, 1999 -- Senate Overhauls Energy Department. WASHINGTON (AP) -- With only five dissents, the Senate voted final approval Wednesday of a $288.9 billion defense bill that would overhaul the Energy Department and tighten security at nuclear weapons labs. It also contains the biggest military pay raise since the early 1980s -- ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 22, 1999 -- Budget cuts can delay licensing of Yucca. If Congress cuts the Department of Energy's budget for the fiscal year 2000, a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain will not open in 2010, a DOE official said Tuesday -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN

September 21, 1999 -- Citizen Alert planning nuclear waste watch Yucca Mountain remains a key priority of the group, which has a new executive director -- By Keith Rogers Review-Journal
September 17, 1999 -- State of Nevada to hold public workshops on DOE's Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement
September 16, 1999 -- Ongoing State of Nevada review of DOE's Yucca Mountain Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) As the State of Nevada undertakes the review of the DEIS for Yucca Mountain, State officials will continue to post preliminary comments on the web for use by others interested in the DEIS as well as DOE's National Environmental Policy Act Process.
September 16, 1999 -- Editorial: Don't gut oversight of the EPA The Las Vegas Sun
September 16, 1999 -- Yucca Mountain alternative passes, House OKs Berkley amendment on new ways to handle nuclear waste. An amendment for studying cutting-edge technology to handle highly radioactive wastes at reactor sites, instead of shipping 70,000 tons of it to Yucca Mountain, has passed the House. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., offered the amendment Wednesday to the Department of Energy's authorization bill for researching and developing ways to change nuclear waste into something less deadly. It passed on a voice vote -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
September 16, 1999 -- Senators welcome Clinton nominee for nuclear waste program WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's nominee to manage the nation's nuclear waste program enjoyed an easy reception Wednesday from senators handling his confirmation to the post -- By Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review-Journal Donrey Washington Bureau
September 15, 1999 -- Yucca chief fears layoffs, timetable lag. An Energy Department official says budget cuts coulddisrupt the planning for a nuclear waste dump. WASHINGTON -- As many as 1,000 Yucca Mountain employees, almost half of the staff, could be laid off if Congress adopts a budget proposal that makes deep cuts in the program, an Energy Department official said Tuesday -- By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal Donrey Washington Bureau
September 15, 1999 -- Nevada delegation keeps up pressure for veto on waste bill WASHINGTON -- Nevada lawmakers continued to work the White House on Tuesday, seeking a pledge that President Clinton would veto the latest version of nuclear waste legislation in Congress. By Steve Tetreault - Las Vegas Review Journal, Donrey Washington Bureau
September 14, 1999 -- Nuclear Waste Shipments Could Impact Communities Nationwide If Controversial Program Goes Forward CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Will your community be impacted by the federal government's plans to ship tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of tons of deadly spent nuclear fuel and highly radioactive wastes along the nation's highways and rail roads to a questionable facility in Nevada? -- ASSOCIATED PRESS BUSINESS WIRE
September 12, 1999 -- Nevada delegations seek veto on nuke waste bill. Nevada lawmakers are mounting a campaign to persuade President Clinton to renew his threat to veto a nuclear waste bill that state officials argue is harmful to the health and safety of Nevadans -- (AP)
September 10, 1999 -- Reid lashes out at report, denies softening his stance on Yucca WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., strongly denied Thursday a report in CongressDaily that he is becoming soft on opposing a high-level nuclear waste repository for Nevada -- By Benjamin Grove and Mary Manning, LAS VEGAS SUN.
September 10, 1999 -- Federal commission agrees to review of terrorism safeguards Officials want to tighten rules on transport of spent nuclear fuel-- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 08, 1999 -- Scientist nominated for Yucca position. WASHINGTON -- A former Pennsylvania lawmaker who is a nuclear scientist has been chosen by President Clinton to direct the government's efforts to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain -- By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
September 01, 1999 -- Editorial: Scientific Rigor Gets Short Shrift The U.S. Department of Energy has been trying to determine which way ground water -- contaminated by previous nuclear weapons testing -- might be traveling from the Nevada Test Site. But a panel of six scientists asserts that the DOE, despite its work to date, cannot accurately predict the path the radioactive water may be taking -- LAS Vegas SUN

August
August 31, 1999 -- New rule eases shipping of waste to Yucca A new rule issued Monday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would allow nuclear waste to be shipped to a proposed permanent repository at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, with fewer restrictions -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
August 30, 1999 -- Nevada Test Site could be lab for fake earth quakes The Nevada Test Site will become a life-size laboratory for simulating earthquakes over the next five years if Congress approves $50 million in funds this fall -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
August 28, 1999 -- Report: Test site models flawed Scientists lack the data to predict radioactive releases from nuclear test cavities, an independent panel says - By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 26, 1999 -- Updated Tentative Locations and Dates for Draft EIS Public Hearings
August 22, 1999 -- Editorial: EPA offers balance on repository. Just as surely as the sun rises in the east, Nevadans have come to expect the federal government to ignore scientific concerns regarding efforts to place a nuclear waste repository in this state. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency came along last week and threw us a curve. Las Vegas Sun
August 21, 1999 -- Group says proposed Yucca Mountain standards too lenient While two federal agencies are battling over what health standard should be used to protect Nevadans from nuclear waste destined for Yucca Mountain, an environmental group said even the most strict standard being considered is not tough enough -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 20, 1999 -- EPA's Yucca Mountain radiation standards don't impress NRC. The Clinton administration agreed to a new radiation limit proposed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency if a nuclear waste repository is built at Yucca Mountain, but a licensing agency vowed to continue with its own rule. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which must license any repository, reacted immediately to the stricter limit for radiation exposure proposed by the EPA on Thursday, saying it will continue to work on issuing its own standard within a year. By law the NRC must amend its high-level nuclear waste rule to conform to a final rule by EPA -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN.
August 19, 1999 -- Senator Bryan Praises Administration's Decision to Accept Environmental Protection Agency's Radiation Standards for Yucca Mountain
August 19, 1999 -- NRC's Response to EPA's Issuance of Draft Dose Standard for Yucca Mountain -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
August 19, 1999 -- A Guide to EPA's Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
August 18, 1999 -- Yucca layoffs possible;Budget cuts may also mean delays in scientific studies If Congress cuts the Energy Department's budget too much, the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project faces major layoffs and delays, an official said Tuesday -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
August 15, 1999 -- Method to decrease dangers of nuclear waste called "doable" Transmutation, a process under study to reduce the danger and longevity of nuclear waste, "might be doable," according to a University of Nevada, Las Vegas research scientist -- By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 12, 1999 -- DOE needs to hear opposition to dump For nearly two decades, Nevada has been targeted by the nuclear power industry for the disposal of its high level commercial nuclear waste -- By Senator Richard Bryan, Las Vegas Review Journal
August 11, 1999 -- USGS Report Explains Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository A new publication that presents radioactive-waste disposal issues in the context of the proposed underground repository for such materials at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is available from the U.S. Geological Survey -- USGS
August 10, 1999 -- Editorial: Report by DOE isn't promising What is remarkable -- and unnerving -- about the U.S. Department of Energy's environmental assessment of a plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain is not what is in the report, but what is left out -- Las Vegas Sun
August 10, 1999 -- New Questions Plague Nuclear Waste Storage Plan By Jon Christensen, New York Times
August 9, 1999 -- Nuclear Industry Objects to Draft EPA Standard -- Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
August 7, 1999 -- Study Advances Plan for Nuclear Storage Site, but Questions Remain By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times
August 7, 1999 -- Scientists defend report on Yucca Mountain dump A document that finds no reason to disqualify a site for nuclear waste storage is not flawed, officials say -- By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 6, 1999 -- Governor Guinn Skeptical about DOE Report Carson City - Responding to inquiries about a 1400-page draft report on the viability of Yucca Mountain issued today by the Department of Energy, Governor Kenny Guinn expressed skepticism about the validity and usefulness of the document -- State of Nevada
August 6, 1999 -- Domenici's plan could contain Yucca's fate The fate of alternatives to dumping 70,000 tons of highly radioactive waste into Yucca Mountain lies within the proposed Senate Energy and Natural Resources budget -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
August 6, 1999 -- Nevadans rip DOE report The Department of Energy released a 1,400-page report today that is filled with uncertainty on how building, loading and monitoring a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain will affect the environment -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
August 6, 1999 -- Bryan, Gibbons say DOE's new Yucca Mountain study deficient RENO, Nev. (AP) - Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., said Thursday there are glaring omissions in the transportation dangers described in the government's new review of plans to ship the nation's nuclear waste to Nevada -- By Scott Sonner, Las Vegas Sun
August 4, 1999 -- Opinion: Nuclear heresy: Sen. Reid waxes hypocritical Rep. Shelley Berkley, first term Democratic congresswoman from Nevada, failed to toe the line on nuclear waste last week -- Las Vegas Review Journal
August 3, 1999 -- Nuclear Waste Technical Board (NWTRB) letter to Lake Barrett (DOE/OCRWM) on Board's views on the scientific program.
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August 3, 1999 -- Berkley criticized for her vote on appropriations bill LAS VEGAS (AP) - Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., is taking some political heat for her recent vote on an energy and water appropriations bill. The measure contained $20 million for a Clark County flood control project, but also included $169 million to promote nuclear waste disposal in Nevada -- Associated Press, Las Vegas Sun
August 3, 1999 -- Editorial: Quake is reminder of dump's danger Earthquakes are a lot like top-notch pugilists. A number of seemingly harmless tremors will come along not unlike the playful jabs a seasoned boxing champion will use to size up his challenger. It is when we least expect it that the champion delivers a swift and vicious uppercut, knocking out his foe -- Las Vegas Sun
August 3, 1999 -- Critical hearings scheduled on bids for water uses at Yucca Mountain CARSON CITY -- What could be a critical moment in the life of a high-level nuclear waste dump proposed for Yucca Mountain will come in November when a hearing is held to determine whether the U.S. Department of Energy will get the water needed to build the facility -- By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 2, 1999 -- Earthquake sign that nuclear dump shouldn't be in Nevada, official says The earthquakes that rattled Nevada over the weekend are just another example of why a nuclear waste repository shouldn't be built at Yucca Mountain, the head of the state agency overseeing the project said Monday -- By Angie Wagner, Associated Press
August 2, 1999 -- Earthquakes Rocking Yucca Mountain Area A swarm of earthquakes centered about 50 miles northwest of Yucca Mountain began Saturday (7/31) night, and was continuing through this posting mid-Monday (8/2) -- State of Nevada

July
July 30, 1999 -- State says Yucca project would draw 10 shipments a day A state official says a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain could draw as many as 10 shipments of radioactive waste a day through Southern Nevada, rather than the three forecast by the Energy Department -- Associated Press, Las Vegas Sun
July 30, 1999 -- Officials fear floods could cause radioactive contamination of water Environmentalists and congressional members from the West have worried for years that uranium tailings in Utah along the Colorado River could contaminate the Southwest's major water supply with radiation -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
July 27, 1999 -- Nevadans given more time to study nuclear waste site, The Department of Energy has agreed to extend a public comment period on the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
July 22, 1999 -- Yucca environmental statement held up The release of a draft environmental impact statement on a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain has been delayed at least a week, a Department of Energy official said -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
Summer 1999 -- EIS Resource Document "Consideration of Cumulative Impacts in EPA review of NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) Documents Prepared by -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Office of Federal Activities
July 21, 1999 -- Slashed budget threatens Yucca studies Both the Department of Energy and the nuclear industry fear cuts proposed by a House budget committee could stop studies for a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
July 21, 1999 -- Panel's budget could hold up Yucca opening A House committee fails to fund state and county monitoring of a proposed nuclear waste storage site -- By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal
July 19, 1999 -- EIS Alert: Request Your Copy of the Draft Yucca Mountain EIS Now The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to release a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repository in southern Nevada on or about July 30, 1999 -- State of Nevada
July 17, 1999 -- Bryan wants extension on Yucca Mountain EIS RENO, Nev. (AP) - Sen. Richard Bryan is urging the Energy Department to expand a public comment period on the draft version of an environmental review of a proposed nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain -- Las Vegas Sun
July 17, 1999 -- Bryan calls for more public involvement in Yucca Mountain debate WASHINGTON - Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., says the public is getting cut out of the Yucca Mountain environmental process -- Nevada Appeal
July 13, 1999 -- Now is time to get EIS from Yucca Mountain Now is the time to request a copy of the Department of Energy's draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project, according to Leonard Fiorenzi of Eureka County's Yucca Mountain Information Office -- Battle Mountain Bugle
July 7, 1999 -- Yucca dump EIS to be ready July 30 The U.S. Department of Energy id expected to release the Draft Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement for public review July 30 -- By Brad Pierce, Ely Daily Times
July 6, 1999 -- Letter from Governor Guinn to the Sectretary of Energy concerning S.608-- State of Nevada
July 6, 1999 -- Letter from Governor Guinn to the Sectretary of Energy concerning Yucca Mountain EIS 90 Day Review and Comment Period -- State of Nevada
July 2, 1999 -- Editorial: Listening to waste worries Over the years Nevadans have had good reason to be skeptical of the U.S. Department of Energy -- Las Vegas Sun
July 2,1999 -- YMP stand-down ordered after mishap A mishap that could have been fatal for a crew at Yucca Mountain may halt construction activity at the project for several weeks -- By Henry Breen, Pahrump Valley Times
July 2,1999 -- YMP EIS available later this month Copies of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project will be available upon request in late July -- Pahrump Valley Times

June
June 30, 1999 -- Yucca Mountain Debate Shifts to Rule Writing Proponents of nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain apparently do not think that a proposed repository could conform to guidelines that the Environmental Protection Agency considers established standards -- By Rob Bhatt, Las Vegas Weekly
June 30, 1999 -- Examiners approve contract with head of Washington office A $252,500 contract between Gov. Kenny Guinn's office and former Republican congressional aide Michael Pieper to operate the Nevada office in Washington, D.C., was approved Tuesday by the state Board of Examiners -- By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun
June 29, 1999 -- Ohio nuke waste on its way again: Shipments will bypass Southern Nevada The transportation of nuclear waste from an Ohio facility to the Nevada Test Site hasresumed, the Department of Energy reported Monday -- By Art Nadler, Las Vegas Sun
June 29, 1999 -- DOE to discuss nuclear issues The Department of Energy's Community Advisory Board for Nevada Test Site programs will meet at 6 p.m. on July 7 in Beatty, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas -- Las Vegas Sun
June 29, 1999 -- Radioactive waste hauling to resume Low-level nuclear waste shipments from the dismantled Fernald, Ohio, uranium foundry to the Nevada Test Site will resume this week after an 18-month suspension that began when metal containers were discovered leaking in 1997, Department of Energy officials said Monday -- By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 27, 1999 -- Governor and attorney general push for more terrorism protections Nevada's governor and attorney general have petitioned the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for tougher regulations protecting nuclear waste from terrorist attacks -- Staff, Nevada Appeal
June 25, 1999 -- County to present drilling results at NWTRB meeting As measurements begin to trickle in from the desert west of the Nevada Test Site, the Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Project Office is preparing to share some of the early results from its drilling program with the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board -- By Henry Brean, Pahrump Valley Times
June 25, 1999 -- Nuclear cleanups fall short The Department of Energy has spent billions of dollars on ground water and soil cleanups at the nation's nuclear weapons facilities, including three sites in Nevada, but current methods fail to clean up persistent contaminants, a national panel said -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
June 24, 1999 -- Nevada Attorney General wants tighter security for spent nuclear fuel shipments LAS VEGAS - The federal government should provide increased security for shipments of spent nuclear fuel to guard against possible terrorist attacks and acts of sabotage, Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa said Thursday -- By Kiley Russell (AP), Las Vegas Sun
June 22, 1999 -- Restructuring Department of Energy considered The Department of Energy and 32 senators agreed today that the agency in charge of nuclear weapons, nuclear waste and energy needs drastic changes to become accountable after spy and security scandals -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
June 18, 1999 -- No interim storage: Nevada wins one battle on nuclear waste The issue of storing the nation's high-level nuclear waste at the Nevada Test Site on an interim basis was a ruse from the day it was proposed in 1995 -- Editorial, Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 17, 1999 -- Yucca Mtn info coming at Beatty meeting If you want to learn more about plans and studies for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, you might want to schedule a trip to Beatty on June 29 and/or 30 -- The Lincoln County Record
June 17, 1999 -- DOE plans to release Yucca Mountain draft EIS July 30 CALIENTE, NV. - Dr. Russell Dyer, Project Manager for the Department of Energy's Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Office, announced recently the Department intends to release the draft Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement for public review on July 30, 1999 -- The Lincoln County Record
June 17, 1999 -- Senators to look at other options for burying waste Key senators have agreed to re-examine the policy of the United States to bury high-level nuclear waste permanently, most likely 1,000 feet beneath Yucca Mountain -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
June 17, 1999 -- Nuke panel to review proposed radiation limits The Nuclear Regulatory Commission listened to frustrated Nevadans who fear the agency will rubber stamp a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain and members promised to review proposed radiation limits -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
June 17, 1999 -- Nuclear waste plans junked: Senators vote 14-6 to reject plans for interim storage of nuclear waste at the Nevada Test Site WASHINGTON -- After a battle of almost five years, Nevada won a huge victory Wednesday when a Senate panel voted 14-6 to scrap plans to store nuclear waste at the Nevada Test Site before a permanent repository is built in the state -- By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 17, 1999 -- Editorial: Placing a bull's-eye on Nevada When it was announced that an influential GOP senator would no longer advocate a so-called "temporary" nuclear waste repository in Nevada, it initially seemed this state may have turned a corner -- Las Vegas Sun
June 16, 1999 -- Vote opposes Test Site nuke storage: Senate panel decision opts against Test Site The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee abandoned temporary nuclear waste storage at the Nevada Test Site today, opting to keep it piled at reactor sites in 34 states -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun

June 16, 1999 -- Yucca water fight headed to high court The fight over the right to use ground water at Yucca Mountain for a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository is likely to end up in the U.S. Supreme Court, an official of the state attorney general's office said -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
June 13, 1999 -- Editorial: Getting the shaft once again Just when you thought you had heard the worst about plans to place a nuclear waste repository in Nevada, along comes the U.S. Department of Energy's acknowledgement last week that a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain could end up holding 50 percent more nuclear waste than was originally intended -- Las Vegas Sun
June 10, 1999 -- Yucca payload grows 50 percent A proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain may have to hold 50 percent more highly radioactive material than originally planned, the local head of the Department of Energy's Yucca Mountain Project told state officials Wednesday -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
June 9, 1999 -- Summary of amendments submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 45, The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999 -- U.S. House of Representatives
June 08, 1999 -- Congressman blasts plan to take nuke waste spending off budget RENO(AP) - Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., blasted efforts in the U.S. House Tuesday to exempt an $8 billion nuclear waste fund from the balanced-budget law that applies to most other federal spending -- Associated Press, Las Vegas Sun
June 04, 1999 -- Yucca Mountain boss to move to Las Vegas George Dials, president and general manager of TRW Environmental Safety Systems Inc., is relocating to Las Vegas from Washington, D.C., as manager and operating contractor of the Yucca Mountain project -- Las Vegas Sun
June 03, 1999 -- Scientists: Potential Nev. Nuke Waste Site Stable WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Geological Survey scientists said Wednesday a proposed nuclearwaste repository in Nevada is safe from flooding, furthering the case for making Yucca Mountain the nation's permanent waste site next decade -- By Patrick Connole, Yahoo News
June 02, 1999 -- Bacteria at Yucca Mountain could corrode nuclear waste containers Department of Energy scientists have confirmed that bacteria found inside Yucca Mountain could pose a threat of corrosion if containers of nuclear waste are buried there -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
June 02, 1999 -- Yucca flooding details outlined BOSTON -- Ground water flooded the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in Nevada thousands of years ago, a Russian geologist reported Tuesday, raising questions about the project's safety -- Associated Press, Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 02, 1999 -- Nuke Waste Site Safety Questioned BOSTON -- Signs of ancient groundwater flooding at the proposed Yucca Mountain site for nuclear waste in Nevada could put the project's safety in question, a Russian scientist says -- Associated Press, Las Vegas Sun
June 01, 1999 -- Senate gives Nevada $268 million toward nuke waste oversight Nevada has secured $268 million in funds for nuclear waste oversight at Yucca Mountain, water quality studies and flood control in a Senate budget package -- By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun

May
May 29, 1999 -- Nevada projects included in Senate's spending bill WASHINGTON -- The state of Nevada and local communities that would be affected by nuclear waste burial at Yucca Mountain would receive more than $10 million next year to monitor work at the government repository under a bill that advanced this week in the U.S. Senate -- By Steve Tetreault Donrey Washington Bureau , Las Vegas Review Journal
May 28, 199 -- DRAFT State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Proposed Rulemaking - Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
May 26, 1999 -- Fact Sheet: Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste to a Repository (Prepared By: State of Nevada, Nuclear Waste Project Office
May 25, 1999 -- State of Nevada - DOE rejects State of Nevada request to extend comment period for the Yucca Mountain draft EIS
May 24, 1999 -- Nuclear Waste Policy Dilemma the First Fifty Years: a Chronology (Prepared By. State of Nevada, Nuclear Waste Project Office)
May 24, 1999 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Meetings on Proposed Licensing Criteria for the Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, NV
May 21, 1999 -- Nuke waste budget approved The embattled state Office of Nuclear Projects will get its budget restored. The Senate Finance Committee voted Thursday to join the Assembly Ways and Means Committee in supporting the $3.8 million budget the governor recommended for the coming two years -- Geoff Dornan, Carson City - Nevada Appeal
May 20, 1999 -- Senate committee delays nuclear waste disposal vote WASHINGTON -- It was like group therapy for members of a Senate panel Wednesday as they aired their views on legislation to send nuclear waste to Nevada before deciding to put off a vote until after Memorial Day -- By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau, Las Vegas Sun
May 10, 1999 -- Nevada Test Site (NTS) to export radioactive waste Plutonium-soiled material will be transported to New Mexico, but not for another two years, officials report. After being the dumping ground for decades worth of radioactive waste from the nation's nuclear weapons complex, the Nevada Test Site, for a change, will be exporting its plutonium-tainted remnants of the Cold War -- By Keith Rogers Review-Journal
May 5, 1999 -- DOE: No plans to ship Ohio waste through Las Vegas area -- Shipping companies bidding to transport low-level nuclear waste from Ohio have no intention of taking routes through Henderson or Boulder City, a Department of Energy spokesman said. . . . -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
May 3, 1999 -- Nuke official to take Nevadans' concerns to D.C. NRC commissioner listens to public complaints about waste transportation -- Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Greta Dicus heard the concerns of state and local officials and environmental representatives behind closed doors Friday and then promised to take their nuclear waste objections to her fellow commissioners . . . -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
May 2, 1999 -- Experts probe DV-Yucca water link: Consultants say even if link is established it would not halt development of nuclear waste storage facility. Experts are, probing whether any radioactive leak from the proposed nuclear waste storage site at Yucca Mountain, Nev., could ultimately contaminate water in Death Valley -- By Julian Lukins News Staff, The Inyo Register

April
April 30, 1999 -- House wrestling with sending nuclear waste to Nevada Budget panel ponders bill WASHINGTON -- The road to the House floor is getting longer for a bill to send nuclear waste to the Nevada Test Site by 2003. House Budget Committee chairman Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio, has received permission from House Republican leaders to conduct hearings on the legislation. Kasich, who also is a candidate for president in 2000, has raised concerns about changes the bill makes in how the nuclear waste program would be funded -- By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau, Las Vegas Review Journal
April 30, 1999 -- Bryan threatens to delay appointment to nuke panel -- Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., could hold up the next appointment to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission because of the agency's recent decisions on handling high-level nuclear waste. Bryan wrote a letter to the White House on Thursday with details of the grievances he has with the commission that is responsible for licensing a high-level nuclear waste repository. Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is the sole site under study -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
April 30, 1999 -- NRC - NRC Extends Public Comment Period For Regulations Licensing Proposed Radioactive Waste Repository In Nevada
April 28, 1999 -- Deadline doesn't deter nuke criticism Hours after a deadline to make their voices heard had passed, a group of 25 Southern Nevada residents expressed their fears over a plan to transport high-level nuclear waste through Las Vegas.

But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which had refused to extend a comment period on the report after state officials discovered it, has quietly sent an invitation to selected local and state officials, environmental groups and others to meet behind closed doors to voice their concerns -- By By Mary Manning , Las Vegas Sun
April 26, 1999 -- Letter from Abigail C. Johnson, Eureka County Nuclear Waste Advisor to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The letter express disappointed that the NRC was unwilling to extend the comment deadline for a Notice in the Federal Register (See April 13, 199 letter below). The letter also express several concerns including the fact that draft Notice was misleading because it did not mention in the title that the subject matter of the Notice was transportation of nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain. The letter address other concerns such as NRC's failure to adequately consult with the affected units of local governments; the use of outdated population numbers; full coverage of all waste types that could be transported to a repository at Yucca Mountain, etc.
April 26, 1999 -- State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Federal Register Notice of February 26, 1999 on Changes To Requirements for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses
April 25, 1999 -- U.S. Senate - Letter from Senator Richard Bryan to Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

April 22, 1999 -- Nuke-waste bill appears veto-bound WASHINGTON -- A bill that would bring the nation's high-level nuclear waste to the Nevada Test Site as soon as 2003 was approved 39-6 Wednesday by the House Commerce Committee. "This is the same sequence of events that we have seen time and time again as the nuclear power industry tries to shove the nation's nuclear waste down Nevada's throat," Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., said The committee's vote does not mean Nevada is any closer to becoming the nation's dumping ground for highly radioactive waste piling up at nuclear power plants -- By Mark D. Preston Las Vegas Sun
April 20, 1999 -- Letter from Pete Goicoechea, Chairman, Eureka County Board of Commissioners to Lake Barrett, Acting Director U.S. Department (DOE) of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. The letter requests that the Department of Energy provide a comment period of at least 180 days for the Yucca Mountain Repository Draft EIS, rather than the 90 period as previously announced by DOE.
April 19, 1999 -- Editorial: Pro-dump legislators misguided (The timing is uncanny. It seems that in every instance Congress moves forward in its attempt to store high-level nuclear waste in Nevada, a scientific report comes out questioning whether this waste can even be safely stored here -- Las Vegas Sun.
April 16, 1999 -- Letter from Abigail C. Johnson, Eureka County Nuclear Waste Advisor to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The letter requests NRC to grant an extension of the comment period for the proposed rule 10 CFR Part 63, i.e., the rule would revise the radiation standard for a repository at Yucca Mountain Repository
April 16, 1999 -- DOE has work to do at Yucca, report says (The technical review board [TRC] charged with evaluating research into Yucca Mountain says that the Department of Energy needs to do much more work at the site before it can consider putting a high-level nuclear waste repository there.By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
April 15, 1999 -- Revised bill would put nuke waste at Test Site (WASHINGTON -- A House subcommittee debated today whether to create an interim facility to store nuclear waste at the Nevada Test Site while the Department of Energy determines whether Yucca Mountain is a viable permanent repository to store high-level spent nuclear fuel -- By Mark D. Preston, Las Vegas Sun)
April 15, 1999 -- Bill opening Test Site to nuclear waste clears early hurdle (WASHINGTON -- A House subcommittee overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would require Nevada to become the steward for the nation's high-level nuclear waste -- (By Mark D. Preston Las Vegas Sun)
April 14, 1999 -- Environmentalists reject Yucca dump (WASHINGTON -- An alliance of environmentalists offered a plan Tuesday that would eliminate Nevada as a nuclear waste storage site, and take management of highly radioactive spent fuel away from the Energy Department -- By Tony Batt , Las Vegas Review-Journal Donrey Washington Bureau.
April 14, 1999 -- United States Senate - Letter from Nevada Congressional Delegation to the Honorable William Raggio, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee re: support for SB 206
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April 13, 1999 -- Letter from Abigail C. Johnson, Eureka County Nuclear Waste Advisor to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The letter request a 90 day extension to the comment period for an NRC Notice in the Federal Register. The NRC is seeking public comments on proposed changes to the requirements for environmental review for renewal of nuclear power plant operating license; the notice address certain transportation issues that could affect the Yucca Mountain Repository Project.
April 13, 1999 -- Nevadans blast nuclear study (State officials who oversee work on Yucca Mountain are fuming over a recent federal report that says transporting high-level nuclear waste through Las Vegas would only slightly raise the risk to residents of radioactive exposure -- By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN
April 4, 1999 -- Lawmakers wary of 'sugar-coating' nuclear waste (By Mary Manning - Las Vegas Sun
U.S. Department of Energy, Tax Dollar Waste Dump (Illustration by Jim Day)
Earthquake update - Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada Reno

March1999
March 31, 1999 -- Commonwealth Edison supports plan to keep material out of Nevada (By Mary Manning Las Vegas Sun)
March 27, 1999 -- Senator considering nuclear waste option (New Mexico's Sen. Pete Domenici indicates there might be an alternative to storage in Yucca Mountain. WASHINGTON -- Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., set off a buzz this week when he suggested there might be a workable alternative to the permanent storage of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain -- By Tony Batt Las Vegas Review-Journal, Donrey Washington Bureau)
March 1999 -- Safer, Cheaper But The Nuclear Industry Is Still On The Road To Extinction (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
March 25, 1999 -- Governor, AG protest interim nuclear storage at Nevada Test Site (Gov. Kenny Guinn and Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa both protested a bill Wednesday that would allow interim storage of nuclear garbage at the Nevada Test Site -- By Geoff Dornan, Nevada Appeal)
March 25, 1999 -- Senator offers Yucca option - A New Mexico lawmaker suggests making nuclear waste less lethal and using that waste to yield electricity (WASHINGTON -- A senior senator who controls spending for the Department of Energy said Wednesday he will consider eliminating funding for the Yucca Mountain program this year in favor of a new strategy to decontaminate radioactive waste instead of burying it in Nevada - By Tony Batt Las Vegas Review-Journal, Donrey Washington Bureau)
March 24, 1999 -- House leaders seek to increase funds for nuke waste storage (WASHINGTON -- House leaders are considering removing congressional budget controls from the nuclear waste trust fund as a way to boost spending for interim and permanent waste storage in Nevada -- By Tony Batt Las Vegas Review-Journal, Donrey Washington Bureau)
March 22, 1999 -- Battle looms over Nevada nuclear waste storage site (YUCCA MOUNTAIN, Nevada -- The eerie depths beneath Yucca Mountain may one day be the final resting place for something no one wants: 77,000 tons of nuclear waste. From Correspondent Jim Hill -- CNN )
March 21, 1999 -- Editorial: New report questions dump study (Republican U.S. senators last week introduced companion legislation to a bill already in the House that would send nuclear waste to the Nevada Test Site by 2003. They call it a "temporary" dump, but once it is in this state it would never leave, even if a scientific inquiry finds that storing nuclear waste in Nevada is dangerous - Las Vegas Sun)
March 19, 1999 -- House panel puts waste bill on hold Questions about the cost of an interim storage facility at the test site hold up legislation on nuclear waste. WASHINGTON -- A second U.S. House committee has delayed action on nuclear waste amid new indications that legislation to establish a temporary repository at the Nevada Test Site is struggling in Congress By Steve Tetreault Las Vegas Review-Journal, Donrey Washington Bureau
March 18, 1999 -- Yucca Mountain panel reviews site analysis (Although a federal assessment study found nothing to disqualify Yucca Mountain as the nation's nuclear repository, a scientific review panel's report says more work needs to be done before the site can pass muster for a federal license -- By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 17, 1999 -- Nuclear budget cut would delay repository, lawmakers told WASHINGTON -- If Congress did not approve a $51 million increase in the government's nuclear waste budget, plans to open a repository at Yucca Mountain by 2010 likely would be delayed, an Energy Department official told a House panel Tuesday -- By Tony Batt Las Vegas Review-Journal, Donrey Washington Bureau
March 16, 1999 -- Berkley (Congress women NV)says House short of anti- nuke votes (CARSON CITY -- Nevada probably will not be able to garner the 147 votes in the House needed to sustain a promised veto by President Clinton on a bill to ship nuclear waste to an interim dump at the Nevada Test Site, Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., said Monday -- By Cy Ryan - Las Vegas Sun, SUN CAPITAL BUREAU
March 16, 1999 -- Revised bill renews push for nuke waste at Test Site (WASHINGTON -- Saying the time is long overdue for the federal government to take responsibility for the nation's nuclear waste, four senators introduced legislation Monday that would make Nevada a temporary dumping ground for the nation's high-level nuclear waste by 2003 -- By Robin Brown and Mark D. Preston Las Vegas Sun
March 16, 1999 - Nuclear waste bill introduced in the Senate (A measure making the test site a temporary dump might be veto-proof this time, Republicans say. By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau -- Las Vegas Review Journal
March 12, 1999 -- Energy boss: Keep nuke rods at plants (A temporary high-level nuclear waste storage site in Nevada proposed by Congress could cripple the Department of Energy's efforts to find a permanent waste disposal solution, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said today. By Mary Manning -- LAS VEGAS SUN)
March 08, 1999 -- State, Nye County propose nuke study ( Nye County and the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects want to follow up on studies done two decades ago tracking leukemia cases and thyroid disease in people exposed to radioactive fallout -- By By Mary Manning Las Vegas Sun)
March 04, 1999 -- Bryan accuses NRC of trying to skirt meeting law (By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau Las Vegas Review-Journal)
March 03, 1999 -- Richardson still pushing for nuclear waste deal (By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau - Las Vegas Review-Journal

February
February 26, 1999 -- Nuke industry rips new plan to store waste as 'cowardice' (By Mary Manning -Las Vegas Sun)
February 25, 1999 -- Energy chief shifts course on storage of nuke waste WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy this morning proposed managing the nation's nuclear waste at power plants across the country rather than requiring Nevada to become the interim dumping ground for the spent nuclear fuel -- By Mark D. Preston Las Vegas Sun
February 21, 1999 -- POLITICS OF SCIENCE -- A document that doesn't conclusively support the suitability of a proposed nuclear waste dump nonetheless is moving the project closer to completion. (By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal Donrey Washington Bureau)
February 19, 1999 -- U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., announces Thursday that he will not seek a third term in office in the 2000 elections
February 16, 1999 -- Lawmakers (in Nevada) question nuclear agency budget (By CHRISTY CHALMERS, Nevada Appeal
February 15, 1999 -- Governor Guinn (NV) to host nuclear summit (By By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun
February 14, 1999 -- Short Term Thinking = Long Term Danger (By U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.)
February 10, 1999 -- Testimony of Governor Kenny C. Guinn (State of Nevada) before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (The Governor's testimony addresses the State's concerns about the "Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999 - HR 45")
February 9, 1999 -- Guinn (Governor, NV) to testify against nuke waste in Washington; lawmakers send resolutions backing him
Gov. Kenny Guinn is headed to Washington D.C. to testify against plans to store nuclear waste in Nevada, and state lawmakers have passed an emergency resolution to back him. (by CHRISTY CHALMERS, Nevada Appeal)
SJR 4 -- Senate Joint Resolution 4 (Nevada Legislature)Urges the Congress of the United States not to enact the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999.
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HR 45 - Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999.
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February 9, 1999 -- - Legislators adopt resolution against nuclear waste CARSON CITY -- Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a resolution Monday urging Congress to reject a plan to store temporarily nuclear waste in Nevada, a document Gov. Kenny Guinn will take with him to Washington, D.C., when he testifies Wednesday against the 1999 Nuclear Waste Policy Act. (By Sean Whaley and Ed Vogel Donrey Capital Bureau)
February 4, 1999 -- Report says DOE bungles big jobs: A new report criticizes the Department of Energy for major performance and management problems, citing the Yucca Mountain Project, the proposed repository for high-level nuclear waste, as one of the worst examples: (By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun)
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January
January 28, 1999 -- Another quake hits (Nevada) test site: A series of temblors in the area of a proposed nuclear waste repository has some officials citing safety issues (By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal)
January 27, 1999 -- Nye County researchers, testing water from wells near a proposed high-level nuclear waste site, found hotter-than-expected water in some (By Mary Manning Las Vegas Sun)
January 27, 1999 -- Governor Guinn (NV) calls for nuclear summit (By Geoff Dornan, Nevada Appeal)
January 27, 1999 -- NRC Health Standard for Yucca Mountain set for review ( By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal )
January 26, 1999 - Two temblors rock plateau at Test Site (By Keith Rogers, The Las Vegas Review-Journal)
January 15, 1999 -- Richardson reiterates position on Nevada ( By Mary Manning Las Vegas Sun)
January 15, 1999 -- Clinton vow to veto bill on nuclear waste stands (By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review Journal, Washington Bureau)
January 12, 1999 -- Gibbons, R-Nev: We're up for a big fight -- ( Even as the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board prepares to go over the Yucca Mountain assessment, the bill to force temporary storage on Nevada has again been introduced in the 106th Congress, which convened just last week -- By Geoff Dornan, Nevada Appeal)
January 08, 1999 -- Bill renews battle over nuke storage at Test Site (By Mary Manning -LAS VEGAS SUN)
January 07, 1999 -- Ground water plutonium spurs more research [at the Nevada Test Site and near Yucca Mountain] -- By Mary Manning - LAS VEGAS SUN]
January 07, 1999 -- Nevada Test Site expected to be named as site to dump waste from nuclear weapons (By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN)