Eureka County, Nevada -- Yucca Mountain.org, Newsletters

Recent Issue:

Summer 2011 —

Yucca Mountain Project Update
Nuclear Crisis in Japan
Debates Over Nuclear Safety and Waste Disposal
Eureka County Launches Lessons Learned Project

Past Issue

Winter 2010 —

Yucca Mountain Project Close to Dead
Secretary Chu Announces Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Future
Who’s Who on the Blue Ribbon Commission
What Are Other Countries Doing With Their Nuclear Waste?

Past Issue

Summer 2009

Reactions to Yucca Mountain budget cuts
NRC Licensing Update
Eureka County pushes webstreaming hearings
Pete Miller appointed to two nuclear positions
Congressional Research Report Summary
Nuclear News in Brief

Past Issue

Winter 2009

Obama Names New Energy Chief
Director Named for Nev. Nuclear Agency
EPA Releases Radiation Standards
In Brief: Nuclear News Updates

Summer 2008

DOE Releases License Application
Timeline: U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy
Nuclear Industry Update
Rail Board Accepts DOE Application
In Brief: Nuclear News Updates

Winter 2008

DOE Releases EISs on Yucca Repository and Nevada Rail Routes
What Do Other Countries Do: Spotlight on France Is recycling nuclear fuel a viable option ?
U.S. Considering Option of Recycling Nuclear Waste
Nuclear News . . . In Brief

Fall 2007 —

Tribe Withdraws Permission to use Mina Route
Federal Judge Rules DOE Cannot Use Nevada Water
Outgoing NRC Commissioners Pessimistic About Yucca
Tracking activity at Union Pacific rail yard
DOE releases design requirements for nuclear transport canisters
Nuclear News . . . In Brief

Winter 2007 —

Legislation Update
Litigation Update
Transportation Update
Regulation Update
Have You Heard - In the News

Summer 2006 —

DOE Updates Yucca Mountain Project Timeline — 2017 New Opening Date
President Requests Money for Nuclear Waste Recycling
Senate Confirms New Director for Yucca Mountain Project
“Fix Yucca” Legislation Aims to Speed Repository Project
Have You Heard ?

Winter 2006 —

EPA Hears Testimony on Proposed Rule
DOE Shifts Design of Repository
License Application Faces Further Delay
Comments on Land Withdrawal Collected
Have You Heard ?

Summer 2005

Emails Indicate Data Falsification
EPA Releases New Radiation Standard
Radiation Exposure Pathways Graphic
Nuclear Waste Legislation
Nuclear News

Summer 2004

Yucca Mountain Status: Recent setbacks could cause significant delays
DOE Admits Yucca Workers Were Exposed to Toxic Dust
Court Ruling Could Delay Yucca Mountain
NRC May Delay Yucca Mountain License
Waste Transportation: Eureka County's Caliente Rail Line Scoping Comments
Nuclear News In Brief

Winter 2004 —

DOE Names Caliente as Preferred Rail Corridor to Yucca Mountain
Carlin Route is Second Choice
Yucca Mountain: DOE seeks land for rail corridor
Expert sees skyrocketing costs, years of delay
Other News

Fall 2003 —

DOE Meets with Crescent Valleyabout Waste Transportation
Congressional Update: Proposed Legislation Affecting Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain Lawsuit Update
Quality Assurance Could Affect Yucca License
NAS Holds Transportation Hearing
Nuclear News In Brief
Special Insert: Eureka County's EIS Comments: DOE's Responses

Summer 2003 —

Train Hits Chemical Truck at Beowawe
Art Exhibition in Eureka:
Universal Warning Sign: Yucca Mountain
Nevada Still Pushing for Full-scale Cask Testing
Problems with Yucca Mountain’s Quality Assurance Program
Goshute Nuclear Waste Storage Site Rejected, Appealed

Fall 2002 —

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Process
NRC Key Technical Issues
Nuclear News in Brief
DOE to Plan Waste Transport
Utah Senators Back Yucca Mtn
Experts Disagree on Yucca Capacity
Fact Sheet on the Price-Anderson Act: Nuclear Liability — Who Pays?

Summer 2002 —

Yucca Mountain Goes to Capitol Hill
Repository Approved by Congress
DOE Recommends Yucca Mountain
Governor Guinn's Veto
Testimony on Yucca Mountain
Transportation
Terrorism
Science of Yucca Mountain
The Senate

EIS Lawsuit
Guidelines Lawsuit
EPA Lawsuit
NRC Lawsuit
Nevada Protection Fund
Nuclear News in brief

Special Nuclear Waste Update Insert:
"Sounds of Silence in the Middle of Nowhere" by Geoff Schumacher

Fall 2001 —

Crescent Valley residents attend Yucca Mountain hearing
Eureka County releases Impact Assessment Report
Public hearing on Yucca Mountain held in Las Vegas
The Price-Anderson Act comes up for renewal
State releases Yucca Mountain video
Nuclear News in brief

Special Nuclear Waste Update Insert:
The International Nuclear Waste Dilemma

Special Edition: 9/01 — Site Recommendation

DOE announces site recommendation hearings
DOE releases site suitability report
Important Dates
Fact sheet: The decision process for a repository
How would a Yucca Mountain repository impact Eureka County?
Resources for more information

Summer 2001 —

County officials tour Yucca Mountain
Supplemental impact statement released for comment
Will the Senate power shift affect Yucca Mountain?
EPA sets radiation standards for proposed repository
Nuclear news in brief
DOE releases science report on proposed repository
County assesses transportation impacts

Special Nevada nuclear history insert -
The Atomic Frontier: Atmospheric Testing in Nevada

Winter 2001 —

DOE Delays Release of Site Recommendation Report
County officials to tour Yucca Mountain
NRC May Hold Informal Hearings on Yucca Mountain Repository
County Oversees Yucca Mountain Activities in 2001
Scientists Discover New Material that Safely Contains Radiation
Calendar
New Nuclear News

Summer 2000 —

DOE Revises Yucca Mountain Suitability Guidelines
DOE Nearing Site Recommendation for Yucca Mountain
Nevada Denies DOE Groundwater Request
A New Report Evaluates the Possibility of Nuclear Waste Transportation Accidents in Las Vegas
Interim Storage Facility Proposed for Goshute Indian Reservation, Utah
Clinton Vetoes Nuclear Waste Legislation
"Technical Voice" of Nye County Dies
Fact Sheet: Roles of Federal Organizations with the Yucca Mountain Project
Transmutation: An alternative to nuclear waste disposal?