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February 08, 2010 — Yucca Mountain seen as possible reprocessing site — A devastating blow last week to a plan to bury nuclear waste under Yucca Mountain has bolstered another controversial idea: reprocessing nuclear waste at the same location on the Nevada Test Site  — RJ.com
February 07, 2010 — Harry Reid leads push to end nuke waste project Nevada never wanted: WASHINGTON — After all the years spent fighting the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, a phone call on a Wednesday in July between the Senate majority leader and the new energy secretary turned the tide — Las Vegas Sun
February 07, 2010 —What’s next for Yucca? Restoration — Las Vegas Sun
February 05, 2010 — Energy chief defends Yucca Mountain determination WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Thursday defended the decision to terminate the Yucca Mountain program, telling senators at a budget hearing the Nevada repository plan is being set aside in a search for "better solutions" — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 03, 2010 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN:
Nuke group sets 'alarms' Trade organization representing industry wants to allow plan to be revived if warranted in future — WASHINGTON -- The nuclear industry's trade group is signaling it might not go along with the Obama administration's plan to withdraw from Yucca Mountain and make it difficult if not impossible to revive the proposed nuclear waste repository ever again — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 03, 2010 — Yucca's 625 workers face uncertain futures RJ.com
February 02, 2010 — Harry Reid seeks alternative uses for Yucca Mountain — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today asked the Government Accountability Office to begin consultation with the state of Nevada and federal agencies on other uses for Yucca Mountain — Las Vegas Sun
February 02, 2010 — Yucca Mountain’s death just a few steps away — Washington — The long and tortured effort to build a national burial ground at Yucca  Mountain for highly radioactive waste will be halted once and for all, the Obama administration promised Monday, saying it would withdraw the application to build the project and starve it of funds Las Vegas Sun
February 02, 2010 — WHITE HOUSE BUDGET: Sky may be falling over Yucca: Funding cutoff, DOE plans may close door on project — WASHINGTON -- After two decades of strife between Nevada and the federal government, the end may be in sight for Yucca Mountain following a series of critical moves Monday by the Obama administration — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 01, 2010 — U.S. Department of Energy’s Motion to
Stay the Proceeding [withdrawal of the Yucca license application with prejudice within 30 day] — US Department of Energy
[Related Story — Nevada’s 23 year fight to prevent the permanent storage of the nation’s high level nuclear waste and spent fuel may finally be coming to a positive end! — State of Nevada
February 01, 2010 — Proposal would eliminate funding for Yucca Mountain — WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will propose eliminating funding for the Yucca Mountain Project in a new budget he will submit to Congress today, said Nevada lawmakers who were notified over the weekend — RJ.com [More Coverage — Las Vegas Sun
January 31, 2010 — Obama’s climate card: nuclear power: Billions on table in bid to get GOP support for emissions law — AP
January 30, 2010 — Federal panel to examine nuclear waste storage — WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration continued its march away from Yucca Mountain on Friday with the naming of a 15-member panel of experts to chart new paths to manage highly radioactive nuclear waste — Stephens Washington Bureau
January 29, 2010 —
Experts to study Yucca alternative — Chu will name members of panel today, sources say: WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu is poised to announce today the long-awaited expert panel to recommend alternatives to storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, congressional sources said. The announcement is seen as another step in the process to end the government's decades-long bid to build an underground repository in Nevada for 77,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel — Stephens Washington Bureau
January 28, 2010 — Panel explores eventual fate of Yucca Mountain records A three-judge panel in charge of hearing disagreements associated with the U.S. Department of Energy’s proposed Yucca Mountain Waste Repository is trying to figure out how to dress a turkey before it’s dead — Las Vegas Sun
January 28, 2010 — Budget cut could trash Yucca data: Officials suggest retention of Licensing Support Network —A panel weighing the Energy Department's license application for building a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain wonders what will happen to 80 million pages of supporting documents if funding to keep track of them is slashed after September — RJ.com
January 27, 2010 —
Yucca project assailed: NRC board hears Nevada's challenges: Nevada's lead attorney took a stab Tuesday at killing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, arguing before a licensing board that the Department of Energy neglected to consider the failure or absence of a key safety feature. Also, Marty Malsch, a lawyer with a Washington, D.C.-area firm retained by the state, told nuclear regulators the repository's design should be rejected because it is only 70 percent complete RJ.com
January 26 & 27 — NRC hearing: High Level Waste Repository Note: The proceedings of January 26 and 27, 2010, will be open to the public. They will also be webstreamed for public viewing on January 26: and on
January 27:
This web stream also will be available for viewing for 90 days after the proceeding concludes.
January 14, 2050 — White House, Energy Department clash over Yucca Mountain cuts — WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy and the White House are at odds over how steep to cut the Yucca Mountain budget for fiscal 2011, according to reports. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is balking over the White House plan to slash the budget . . . Las Vegas Sun
January 11, 2010 — Yucca Haunts Admin's Lagging Efforts on Nuclear Waste Study Panel —
While President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget proposal is expected to sound a death knell for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, the administration has so far failed to launch the blue-ribbon commission it promised almost a year ago to decide on a waste-disposal alternative — By KATHERINE LING of Greenwire
December 30, 2009 —
Nye girds for Yucca closure — The approval of 17 annual contracts totaling $2.2 million for the Nye County Yucca Mountain Project oversight program were routinely approved by county commissioners this past month as usual. But this time it's questionable whether there will be funding — Pahrump Valley Tiems
Decenber 30, 2009 — PETT funds were a cash cow from Yucca project — Pahrump Valley Tiems
December 22, 2009 — Yucca Mountain Project experiencing brain drain: WASHINGTON -- The acting head of the Yucca Mountain Project is retiring at the end of the month along with another top official, the latest to depart the shrinking nuclear waste program, the Department of Energy confirmed — Stephens Washington Bureau
December 21, 2009 —
Court: nuclear spent fuel can be stored at plants — SF Gate
December 18, 2009 —
Attorney General Masto Announces NRC Adoption of new transportation security requirements
— State of Nevada
 December 2009 — One Million Years of Isolation: An Interview With Abraham Van Luik: One Million Years of Isolation How did you start designing a project like Yucca Mountain, when you’re dealing with such enormous timescales and geological complexity — worldchanging.com [Print Version 15 Pages - 7MB ]
December 14, 2009 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Licensing efforts continue — Department of Energy lawyers are forging ahead with their defense of a license application to build the nation's nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain — RJ.com
December 11, 2009 — The Climate Conundrum Over Nuclear Energy by Richard Harris NPR
December 09, 2009 — Nevada Wins Admission of Four New Contentions in the NRC's Yucca Mountain Licensing Proceeding: ORDER Addressing Contentions Filed After Initial Petitions (pdf-174K) — State of Nevada
December 2, 2009 — Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign today announced the release of a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyzing the costs and challenges of the Yucca Mountain Project and alternatives.
Download the GAO Report [84 Pages - 2.5MB]
December 02, 2009 — Report: Yucca Mountain costs double other alternatives — WASHINGTON -- A government report released today [see link above] said developing Yucca Mountain would cost twice as much as other options for storing nuclear waste, but that both interim or on-site storage alternatives would face long-term costs and potential political pitfalls — Las Vegas Sun [Related Story —NYtimes.com]
December 02, 2009 — Yucca Mountain Nuclear Disposal Site Is Dead, Says Longtime Advocate—NYTimes.com
November 23, 2009 —
Nuclear hearing delay sought — Yucca Mountain foes want process to go on:
In a surprise move, the nuclear power industry's lobbying arm has asked regulators to suspend hearings on a license to bury tens of thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste in Yucca Mountain — RJ.com
(Letter from NEI to the NRC)
(State of Nevada's concerns about the NEI Letter to NRC)
(And more from the State of Nevada)
November 19, 2009 — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans - Barton, Walden Ask DOE Secretary Chu To Explain Plans to Shut Down Yucca — House Energy & Commerce Committee
November 16, 2009 — Nuclear industry weighs in on nuke dump license
— The nuclear industry's lobbying arm has suggested that work continue on a license request from the Energy Department to build a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, even though President Barack Obama has signaled an end to it — Las Vegas Sun
November 16. 2009 — U.S. Senators unveil bill to double nuclear power — Reuters
November 12, 2009 — The reactor relapse takes 3 hits to the head — The Free Press
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February 17, 2009 — [Press Release] NRC approves rule incorporating EPA standardsfor Yucca Mountain repository
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