Lawsuits in the Press — 2006
August 08, 2006 — Court Rejects Nev. Yucca Mountain Appeal — WASHINGTON - Nevada was dealt a blow in its effort to avoid a radioactive waste dump Tuesday as a federal appeals court turned aside arguments against transportation plans — AP
March 23, 2006 — Nevada chases Yucca Mountain documents, sues —
Agency keeps drafts of application secret — WASHINGTON -- A dispute between Nevada and the Department of Energy over Yucca Mountain documents escalated Wednesday into a federal lawsuit.
Attorney General George Chanos filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Reno that seeks to force the government to make public draft versions of an application for a nuclear waste repository at the Nevada site — By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Lawsuits in the Press — 2005
January 29, 2005 
Yucca irritates Sandova — White House tries AG's patience — WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Brian Sandoval said in a letter released Friday that he was losing patience with White House officials who have failed to respond to a Yucca Mountain complaint he raised last year — By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
 Read Attorney Sandoval's letter to the CEQ 
January 11, 2005 –
Nevada entitled to more funds to fight Yucca, lawyers say
–Court to decide whether energy secretary can increase state's $1 million allocation – WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for the state of Nevada returned to federal court Monday over Yucca Mountain, arguing the state is entitled to millions more dollars to contest the proposed nuclear waste repository – By STEVE TETREAULT
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
February 28, 2005 — Attorney downplayed success of Yucca challenges — As reported by the Review-Journal on Tuesday ("Sandoval says project doomed"), Nuclear Energy Institute attorney Michael Bauser testified to the state Senate Judiciary Committee that out of 13 legal cases against the Yucca Mountain Project, nine of which were initiated by the state, all but one of the challenges were rejected. He is wrong. — Las Vegas Review Journal
February 22, 2005 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Sandoval says project doomed — Attorney general addresses lawmakers – CARSON CITY -- Lawmakers were told Monday that a proposed federal nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain will never open because of major problems, including its creation over time of "the world's largest septic field" of radioactive material — Las Vegas Review Journal
February 11, 2005 — Talks begin on how to handle sensitive Yucca documents —
Lawyers for Nevada, Department of Energy seek common ground — Las Vegas Review Journal
March 24, 2005 — Nevada files brief in suit against nuclear waste railroad — LAS VEGAS - Nevada is accusing the Energy Department of failing to complete required environmental studies and usurping jurisdiction of the government's railroad agency in planning to build a rail line to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site – AP
March 08, 2005 —
Judges reject Nevada's bid to get more anti-Yucca funds —
Nevada lost a bid today to get more money from the federal government to fight the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump — AP
March 07, 2005 — Shoshone file suit against Yucca dump — The Western Shoshone Nation has rejected millions of dollars in compensation for the loss of their ancestral lands, and now the tribe is suing the federal government to stop nuclear waste from being housed at Yucca Mountain — Las Vegas Sun
April 28, 2005 —
Utility contract may be voided — Judge criticizes repository delays —
WASHINGTON In an opinion highly critical of government delays at Yucca Mountain, a federal judge said she wants to void a California public utility's nuclear waste contract and give ratepayers their money back. Judge Susan Braden said she has tentatively concluded that a 1983 contract signed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District should be rescinded. She proposed the customer-owned utility get a refund for the $40 million it has paid to build a repository and to have radioactive spent fuel moved from the mothballed Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Station. — By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
April 28, 2005 — Tribe fights Yucca in court — Judge hears Western Shoshone lawsuit, makes no ruling — A federal judge made no immediate decision Wednesday on whether an American Indian tribe's 19th century claim to vast stretches of Western land should stop government plans for a national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain — Las Vegas Review Journal
April 19, 2005 —
Ruling may help Vegas block rail shipments
— WASHINGTON -- A federal court ruling Monday could empower Las Vegas and other cities seeking to block rail shipments of hazardous materials — AP
May 18, 2005 — Federal judge denies Indian tribe's plea to halt nuclear dump — LAS VEGAS - A federal judge has denied an Indian tribe's plea to stop federal plans for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada based on a claim the project violates a 19th century treaty. With the Yucca Mountain repository yet to open and a disputed rail line yet to be built, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pro decided not to issue an injunction — AP
May 04, 2005 — State argues to get all documents on Yucca Mountain made public — WASHINGTON -- An attorney for Nevada was to argue today at an Atomic Safety Licensing Board hearing that the Energy Department needs to make certain Yucca Mountain project documents public. The board's eventual decision will determine if the department has to hand over certain documents it does not want to load into a database right away. A ruling in Nevada's favor may further delay the nuclear dump planed for Yucca Mountain — By Suzanne Struglinski Las Vegas Sun Washington Bureau
June 21, 2005 —
Nevada asks federal court to stop Yucca Mountain rail plan
— LAS VEGAS - Nevada asked a federal court Tuesday to derail Energy Department plans for a rail line to ship radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, claiming "abuses of authority" by the administration and its "decide-first, analyze-later approach." — AP
June 07, 2005 —
State seeks draft copy of Yucca license application — WASHINGTON -- Nevada lawyers have filed a petition to obtain a draft copy of the Yucca Mountain license application, which Energy Department officials have declined to make public — By Benjamin Grove
SUN WASHINGTON BUREAU
July 12, 2005 — Yucca problems cited in court — Nevada argues that nuke ratepayers' money be refunded —WASHINGTON -- Nevada's lawyers are listing numerous problems with the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump as part of their effort to get the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to cancel the Energy Department's contract to take nuclear waste. Nevada wants the court to order that utility ratepayer money that had been set aside to pay for a final storage site be refunded — By Suzanne Struglinski - Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON BUREAU
August 31, 2005 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN FIGHT: Sandoval recruits supporters — Nevada attorney general writes
letters to colleagues in 10 states to oppose EPA radiation standards —CARSON CITY -- Attorney General Brian Sandoval on Tuesday sent letters to the attorneys general in 10 states urging them to speak out about what he called unacceptable proposed radiation standards for the planned nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain — By SEAN WHALEY
Las Vegas Review Journal, Capital Bureau
August 11, 2005 — EPA proposal gives Yucca a boost — Nevada officials vow to challenge radiation standard — Las Vegas Sun
August 10, 2005 —
Yucca radiation limits unveiled — Standards will be good for 1 million years, EPA says — WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday unveiled a new set of radiation limits for Yucca Mountain that appear headed on a path to prolong and intensify clashes over the safety of burying nuclear waste in Nevada — Las Vegas Review Journal
(More Coverage Washington Post and the Las Vegas Sun)
Sepember. 27, 2005 — GROUNDWORK CRITICIZED : DOE land use plan disputed —
Nevada officials question proposed rail corridor that leads to Yucca Mountain — Stephens Washington Bureau
Read The State's Comments
September 23, 2005 — Nevada wins Yucca ruling — DOE told it must release draft copy of license application — Chalk one up for the Nevada lawyers fighting the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. A three-judge panel for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled Thursday that the Department of Energy must release a draft copy of the license application that it intends to submit for the NRC to review — Las Vegas Review Journal
September 13, 2005 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN: EPA official defends rule — An Environmental Protection Agency official Monday defended proposed new radiation safety standards for Yucca Mountain and said they amounted to the most stringent nuclear waste protections in the nation — Stephens Washington Bureau
September 13, 2005 — Utah to file appeal of nuclear repository ruling — Desert News
September 01, 2005 —
Nevada files suit against NRC over Yucca license process
— LAS VEGAS - Nevada filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, accusing the agency of prejudging an upcoming Energy Department application for a license to open a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. "The only way NRC can meet its requirement that a repository will be available by 2025 is to presume it will give Yucca a license," Attorney General Brian Sandoval said in a statement. "For an ostensibly impartial regulator to make that prejudgment is simply unlawful." — AP
Read AG's Press Release
October 19, 2005 — Nevada says DOE cut corners — Judges hear state's latest bid to stop Yucca project — WASHINGTON -- An attorney for Nevada on Tuesday set out to persuade a panel of federal judges that the Department of Energy cut corners in its initial planning to ship nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain. — Stephens Washington Bureau
October 11, 2005 — Critics dominate final EPA hearing on radiation rule — WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency's final hearing on its proposed rule governing how much radiation could be released from Yucca Mountain drew a series of critics Tuesday, mostly environmentalists who said the standard was too weak to protect future generations. By ERICA WERNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 04, 2005 — NRC appeals posting draft Yucca document on the Internet
— WASHINGTON -- An order for the Department of Energy to post to the Internet its draft license application for Yucca Mountain was appealed on Monday. Staff members for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission challenged the reasoning of a three-judge panel that sought to clarify the definition of draft paperwork for the proposed nuclear waste repository.—
By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
November 09, 2005 —
Federal judge dismisses Indian tribe suit against nuclear dump — LAS VEGAS - An Indian tribe will try again to get a federal judge to stop plans for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada based on a 19th century treaty after its initial lawsuit was dismissed, a lawyer for the tribe said Wednesday. By KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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