Eureka County, Nevada -- Yucca Mountain, Archives Page: Yucca Mountain Radiation Standards

Archives Page — Yucca Mountain Radiation Standards

Press Accouts -- 1999 to 2008

The Proposed Rule in Text Format - August 27, 1999 (300KB download from this site)

Comments By The State of Nevada

November 23, 1999 – State of Nevada Comments: Environmental Radiation Protection (EPA) Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada – Proposed Rule 40 CFR Part 197

Comments by The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

August 27, 1999 – IEER - Comments on the draft EPA standards for a Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repository, 40 CFR Part 197

The Nuclear Power Industry's Position

November 3, 1999 – NRC Comments on EPA's Proposed Radiation Standards For Yucca Mountain Waste Repository

August 9, 1999 – Nuclear Industry Objects to Draft EPA Standard – Letter to the White House (OMB) from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) - a lobbing entity for the Nuclear Power Industry

Reaction From The NRC

November 03, 1999 – NRC Comments on EPA's Proposed Radiation Standards For Yucca Mountain Waste Repository

November 02, 1999 – NRC's detailed response to EPAs proposed radiation standard for Yucca Mountain.

Reaction From Nevada's Congressional Delegation

June 06, 2001 – Reid, Ensign say Yucca groundwater protection important for health and safety of Nevadans Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senators Harry Reid (D) and John Ensign (R) today said that a newly published radiation standard for Yucca Mountain contains important radiation limits to protect groundwater under the site and called the move a milestone in the battle to allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out the law – Senator Harry Reid

August 19, 1999 – Senator Bryan Praises Administration's Decision to Accept Environmental Protection Agency's Radiation Standards for Yucca Mountain