Eureka County, Nevada -- Yucca Mountain, Press Coverage - EPA Raidation Standard, 1999

Press Coverage - EPA Raidation Standard, 1999 - 2009

2008

May 20, 2008 — RADIATION RULES: EPA chief defends Yucca work — Agency's head says guidelines for health take time to be formulated — WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday defended the agency's work on Yucca Mountain radiation health rules that remain uncompleted after close to three years of review — Stephens Washington Bureau

September 30, 2008 — Yucca Mountain Standards — EPA has developed amendments to the final standards for the planned Yucca Mountain high-level waste disposal facility that are fully protective of human health. In developing these amendments, EPA considered substantive public comments received during the public comment period. The amendments to the final standards were signed by the Administrator on September 30, 2008 — EPA

October 11, 2008 — Nevada sues over radiation limit — Court asked to toss Yucca exposure standard RJ.com (Read AG's Press Release) (Read the AG"s legal filing)

October 02, 2008 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN: EPA offers a bit of comfort on cancer risk — New standards for future generations allow for fewer probable cases — Las Vegas Sun

October 01, 2008 — NUCLEAR WASTE SITE: EPA sets Yucca radiation standards — RJ.com

2007

May 10, 2007 — State of Nevada Comment — EPA's proposed rule on radiation standards for the Yucca Mountain repository (pdf-121K)

2006

November 24, 2006 — EPA expected to issue a regulation that will extend 1 million years into the future. — NPR (Webpage Link)
May 02, 2006 — EPA vows to set mark — Radiation standard for Yucca expected by end of this year — The Environmental Protection Agency expects to finalize a radiation safety standard by the end of this year for the planned Yucca Mountain repository, one that protects Nevadans from decaying nuclear waste for 1 million years, a public health officer said Monday. — Las Vegas Review Journal

March 02, 2006 — Statement of Robert Loux, — Executive Director, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, Office of the Governor before the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

March 01, 2006 — EPA: Yucca radiation standards to be completed by year's end — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule by the end of the year on how much radiation can be released from the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump, an agency official told senators at a hearing Wednesday. — AP

2005

September 23, 2005 — EPA extends comment period — Las Vegas Sun — Las Vegas Sun

December 04, 2005 — Critics tackle a mountain of comments on Yucca — WASHINGTON -- Yucca Mountain has been the focus of controversies big and small . Call the latest Commentgate. At issue: Just how many public comments were submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency about its draft radiation standard for the proposednuclear waste repository? The EPA is reviewing the comments before making the proposed standard final . The agency had posted 186 comments as of Friday (the comment period is over). But several Yucca activists say there are far more than that.—By Benjamin Grove Las Vegas Sun

November 21, 2005 — EPA to review Yucca input —Public weighs in on proposed radiation standards — WASHINGTON -- By the end of today, the Environmental Protection Agency will add its last pages to the stack of public comments on the proposed radiation protection standards for the Yucca Mountain project. Today marks the end of an almost four-month comment period on the standards, proposed in August. The agency has to create a new standard after a federal appeals court threw out the existing ones last year. The EPA received at least 120 written comments, according to its Web site. By Suzanne Struglinski Sun Washington Bureau

October 2005 — EPA values public opinion — WASHINGTON -- When Environmental Protection Agency officials say they listen to every comment raised in the public hearings about the Yucca Mountain radiation standard, they mean it. — Las Vegas Sun, 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 05, 2005 — EPA's Yucca Mountain standard criticized — Speakers say proposal for protecting public contradicts intent of court ruling . . . One critic, Nevada Nuclear Projects Agency chief Bob Loux, said the EPA's proposal is an absurd attempt at "morally bankrupt standard-setting," that fails to protect future generations of Nevadans — Las Vegas Review Journal

September 20, 2005 — Nevada meeting on Yucca is added — WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency approved an additional hearing in Nevada next month to allow those observing the Rosh Hashanah holiday to participate in public comment meetings on Yucca Mountain radiation standards. . . . The EPA added another hearing in Las Vegas on Oct. 6. — Las Vegas Sun - Washington Bureau

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

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 25, 2005 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Lobby group backs EPA on radiation — Nuclear power industry says two-tiered standard will protect future generations — The nuclear power industry's chief lobbying arm gave its strong support Wednesday to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed radiation protection standards for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository — Las Vegas Review Journal

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)

August 03, 2005 — Group: Water standard for radioactivity unsafe —Nevada officials ponder report's implications for planned Yucca Mountain waste site — WASHINGTON -- The government is underestimating the health risks from the presence of radioactive particles in drinking water, an environmental science group said in a report it plans to release today. — Stephens Washington Bureau

May 18, 2005 — EPA's proposal for new Yucca radiation standard is delayed — Process will likely affect DOE's license application —WASHINGTON -- A proposal for the new radiation standard for the Yucca Mountain project may not be done until September, according to the Environmental Protection Agency — By Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas Sun - Washington Bureau

April 14, 2005 – Report urges feds to keep 10,000-year radiation standard – WASHINGTON -- Federal officials should keep the original 10,000-year radiation standard in place for the Yucca Mountain nuclear dump and should consider allowing a higher dose limit for the time frame beyond the 10,000 years, according to a report released Monday — By Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas Sun - WASHINGTON BUREAU

March 11, 2005 — EPA radiation options for Yucca met with criticism — Environmental groups: Choices won't create tougher standard — WASHINGTON -- The options that the Environmental Protection Agency is considering for a revised radiation standard for Yucca Mountain drew negative reviews from environmental groups that attended a closed-door EPA briefing this week — Las Vegas Sun - Washington Bureau

February 23, 2005 — NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Yucca safety discussed — Experts talk about the challenge of predicting the distant future — Stephens Washington Bureau

February 23, 2005 — Nevada wants in on meetings on Yucca Mountain radiation standard — LAS VEGAS - Nevada wants to be part of federal meetings about the Environmental Protection Agency's effort to comply with a court ruling that stalled a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, lawyer for Nevada said Wednesday — AP

February 03, 2005 – Abraham: Congress should sidestep EPA on Yucca – WASHINGTON -- Congress -- not the Environmental Protection Agency -- should set a new radiation standard for Yucca Mountain, departing Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said Wednesday — Las Vegas Sun - WASHINGTON BUREAU

2004

November 29, 2004 – Yucca standard won't be appealed – EPA may have to develop new radiation guidelines – WASHINGTON -- The Nuclear Energy Institute will not ask the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that threw out a radiation protection standard for the Yucca Mountain project – Las Vegas Sun

November 17, 2004 – White House denies attempt to change Yucca radiation rules – WASHINGTON -- The White House today denied a report that it is pushing Congress to change the radiation standard for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in an apparent attempt to overturn a federal appellate court ruling – By Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas Sun

October 12, 2004– Appeals court denies Yucca radiation request – State: Without standard, application would be worthless – WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court has denied a request to keep the Yucca Mountain radiation standards in place until the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case. With just under three months to go before the Energy Department plans to submit a license application for the planned nuclear waste dump, the court's original decision to throw out the radiation standard will take effect in a week or less – By Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON BUREAU

September 21, 2004 – EPA hopes to have new Yucca radiation standard early next year – WASHINGTON - Trying to overcome a possibly crippling court decision, the Environmental Protection Agency hopes to have a proposal by early next year on new radiation exposure limits at a proposed nuclear waste site in Nevada – AP

September 09, 2004 – EPA won't appeal radiation standard – WASHINGTON -- The federal government will not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge a recent legal setback to Yucca Mountain, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. The EPA will comply with the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which on July 9 affirmed a Nevada appeal, the EPA said in a statement – By Benjamin Grove, Las Vegas Sun, WASHINGTON BUREAU

September 08, 2004 – Yucca court ruling set to take effect – CARSON CITY -- The milestone federal court decision rendered in July and considered a setback for Yucca Mountain formally takes effect on Wednesday. A Nevada challenge to the nuclear waste project's radiation standards was set to become effective seven days after the court disposed of all appeals. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw out the one appeal -- brought by the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry lobbying group -- Wednesday in a one-sentence ruling – By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun - SUN CAPITAL BUREAU

September 04, 2004 – Court lets Yucca ruling stand – Appeal denied on radiation safety guideline – WASHINGTON -- A federal court ruling that struck a blow against the Yucca Mountain Project will become effective on Wednesday after judges this week refused to take a second look at the case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said it will not reconsider the Yucca matter on appeal from the Nuclear Energy Institute – By STEVE TETREAULT - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

August 25, 2004 – Feds won't appeal Yucca ruling – WASHINGTON -- Federal officials say the government will not ask a federal appeals court to revisit last month's ruling on the Yucca Mountain project's radiation standards. That leaves the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear industry's lobbying and advocacy group, as the only party in the six lawsuits over the project to file a request for rehearing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The institute filed its request Monday. – By Suzanne Struglinski Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON BUREAU

August 09, 2004 – EPA challenged over health risks at nuclear dump – Critic emphasizes different aspect of repository's hazards – As an outsider looking in, Jacob Paz believes he is calling the Department of Energy's bluff on its assessment of health risks for its plans to bury nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain. For five years, in a barrage of written comments, e-mail messages, conversations and public testimony, Paz has told Yucca Mountain Project officials his view of the plan to move the nation's nuclear waste 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas – Las Vegas Review Journal

July 21, 2004 – NRC may delay its evaluation of Yucca – Licensing process up in air as radiation standard sorted out – ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may have to delay its evaluation of the Yucca Mountain project license application, Commissioner Edward McGaffigan said today – Las Vegas Sun

July 09, 2004 – Yucca in for long delay; radiation standard too low – Federal appeals court says 10,000 years is insufficient – WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court handed Nevada a major victory this morning, ruling that a key standard for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository was incorrect, which could set the project back indefinitely By Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas Sun, Washington Bureau (Editorial - Columnist Jeff German - Las Vegas Sun)

January 13, 2004 – Nevada set to make final Yucca stand – WASHINGTON -- Nevada's 20-year fight against Yucca Mountain will come down to three hours of arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington on Wednesday. The state's legal team will argue that three federal agencies and Congress moved a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca forward while violating a variety of federal laws and the U.S. Constitution. Lawyers for the agencies say there were no violations – Las Vegas Sun

2003

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2002

September 05, 2002 -- Tougher Yucca rules requested -- Suit asks court to strengthen radiation standards on water -- Seven environmental and public interest groups suing the federal government over ground water radiation standards for a proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository asked the court on Wednesday to strengthen a rule on how to measure contamination from the dump. The request was part of a reply brief filed jointly with the state of Nevada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit -- Las Vegas Sun
June 26, 2002 -- Yucca investigator felt pressure -- Ex-EPA official said Yucca probe led to clash -- WASHINGTON -- A former Environmental Protection Agency investigator said Tuesday he was pressured to stop when he began looking into EPA involvement in the Yucca Mountain Project a year ago -- By Steve Tetreault Stephens Washington Bureau

May 08, 2002 -- State says EPA's rules on Yucca fail to protect public -- CARSON CITY -- The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect the public in setting the standards for containing radiation at the proposed nuclear dump site in Nevada, the state attorney general's office says -- Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun

March 19, 2002 -- Lawsuits over radiation standards advance -- WASHINGTON -- A federal court has agreed to hear challenges to the government's radiation safety standards at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. In a March 12 order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set a schedule for briefs to be submitted in lawsuits that were filed last year against the Environmental Protection Agency by the state of Nevada, environmental groups and the Nuclear Energy Institute -- Las Vegas Review Journal

2001

December 28, 2001 — Court rejects Nevada appeal of radiation standard — CARSON CITY - The state has suffered a setback in its efforts to fight construction of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa said Thursday -- By Sean Whaley (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

December 14, 2001 — State readies federal suit over Yucca standards — CARSON CITY - The final touches are being put on a federal lawsuit to overturn new Department of Energy regulations that lower the safety standard for storing high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain -- By Cy Ryan (Las Vegas Sun)

November 03, 2000 – EPA chief says Yucca Mountain standards in works Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner said Thursday her agency is fine-tuning its proposed standards for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain but is not ready to make a final decision as the election approaches – By Keith Rogers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

November 06, 2001 — Nuke panel adopts tougher Yucca licensing regulations — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has adopted new licensing regulations -- including tougher limits concerning radiation in ground water -- that apply to a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain — By Mary Manning (Las Vegas Sun)

August 23, 2001 — Yucca Mountain: Repository opposition bolstered — Two Nevada lawmakers bolstered their opposition Wednesday to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in the aftermath of a federal report that says it would perform within radiation safety standards -- By Keith Rogers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

August 22, 2001— DOE: Yucca waste would be safe — Nuclear waste buried 1,000 feet inside Yucca Mountain would pose no public health threat for at least 10,000 years, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by the Energy Department -- By Mary Manning (Las Vegas Sun)

August 22, 2001— DOE: Yucca would make EPA mark — A report released Tuesday by Yucca Mountain Project scientists shows that a repository for the nation's most lethal nuclear waste will perform well within radiation safety standards set this year by the Environmental Protection Agency -- By Keith Rogers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

July 24, 2000 – Editorial: Don't mess with nuke standards The General Accounting Office recently reported that two key federal agencies still are at an impasse over what radiation standards should be used for a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. The GAO also added that it doesn't believe this dispute will be settled anytime soon – unless there is congressional intervention – Las Vegas Sun
July 03, 2001 – EPA rule for Yucca Mountain faces two lawsuits The state of Nevada Nuclear Projects Agency and a coalition of national and Nevada-based environmental and public interest groups filed separate lawsuits June 27, challenging the new radiation protection standards for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository – Environmental News Network

July 07, 2001 – Group opposes review of EPA's Yucca standards Utility regulators say reopening decision records on radiation levels is unnecessary – By Keith Rogers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

June 28, 2001 – EPA sued over Yucca standards Nevada's Nuclear Projects Agency and a consortium of environmental groups filed separate federal lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday challenging the adequacy of the EPA's standards for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository – By Keith Rogers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

June 27, 2001 – State challenges radiation standards for Yucca Mountain CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The state of Nevada filed suit Wednesday in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging recently issued federal radiation standards for a possible high-level radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain – Associated Press (Las Vegas Sun)

June 26, 2001 – EPA begins inquiry into radiation health standards WASHINGTON - An independent investigator within the Environmental Protection Agency issued a call for documents Monday as he began an initial inquiry into radiation health standards the EPA set for the proposed Nevada nuclear waste repository – By Steve Tetreault (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

June 20, 2001 – Nye officials applaud EPA standards County officials are applauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's radiation dose standards for the Yucca Mountain Project, which they say should provide a higher level of protection for the drinking water used by residents in Amargosa Valley – By Henry Brean (Pahrump Valley Times)

June 19, 2001 – Yucca Mountain: Ombudsman might have jurisdiction Environmental Protection Agency National Ombudsman Bob Martin launched a preliminary inquiry Monday to see if he has jurisdiction to probe complaints by Nevada officials and citizens regarding the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository – By Keith Rogers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

June 08, 2001 – EPA rule subject to change: Legal clause allows courts to scrap radiation standards at Yucca The Environmental Protection Agency's long-awaited, "finalized" radiation standards for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository are not absolutely final – By Mary Manning and Benjamin Grove (Las Vegas Sun)

June 07, 2001 – Industry sues to stop Yucca radiation limits WASHINGTON – A nuclear energy industry group filed lawsuits Wednesday challenging new government radiation limits for a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, just hours after they were announced by the Environmental Protection Agency – By Steve Tetrault and Keith Rogers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

June 06, 2001 – Nevada hopes EPA standard will kill Yucca Mountain plan LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada's two U.S. senators on Wednesday said the Environmental Protection Agency's groundwater radiation standard for Yucca Mountain could help derail plans for the nuclear repository – Associated Press

June 06, 2001 – DOE step makes Yucca more likely The Environmental Protection Agency today reaffirmed its radiation standard for burying nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, but a change in the technical details may make it easier for the Department of Energy to build a repository – By Mary Manning and Benjamin Grove (Las Vegas Sun)

June 06, 2001 – EPA sets standards for repository WASHINGTON – Final health and safety standards unveiled Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency nearly match Yucca Mountain radiation exposure standards set under President Clinton and add protections for groundwater flowing from the site – By Steve Tetreault (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

June 05, 2001 – Gibbons pleased EPA will set Yucca safety standard RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Bush administration will stick with radiation protection standards equal to or stronger than the ones the Environmental Protection Agency was preparing for Yucca Mountain under the Clinton administration, a Nevada congressman said Tuesday – Associated Press

May 24, 2001 – EPA ombudsman pledges to examine radiation standards The Environmental Protection Agency's ombudsman has promised to re-examine radiation exposure standards proposed for Yucca Mountain, if it is approved as the nation's nuclear waste repository - By Mary Manning (Las Vegas Sun)

May 18, 2001 – White House considering Yucca limit for radiation WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is still mulling a controversial radiation release limit standard for the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, three state officials said Thursday. But a decision is "imminent," Bush aides told Gov. Kenny Guinn's chief-of-staff, Marybel Batjer, she said Thursday – By Benjamin Grove (Las Vegas Sun)

May 17, 2001 – White House reaffirms EPA jurisdiction over Yucca standards RENO, Nev. (AP) - White House officials reaffirmed the Bush administration's support Thursday for using the Environmental Protection Agency's radiation standards at a proposed nuclear waste site in Nevada, aides to Rep. Jim Gibbons said – Associated Press

May 16, 2001 – Agencies discuss radiation limits for Yucca WASHINGTON – Two high-ranking federal officials on Tuesday declined to discuss ongoing behind-the-scenes negotiating over controversial radiation release limits for the proposed nuclear waste repository in Nevada – By Benjamin Grove (Las Vegas Sun)

March 12, 2001 – Zero tolerance urged for Yucca Mountain radiation Environmental groups called today for standards that would prevent any radiation from escaping a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain – By Mary Manning (Las Vegas Sun)
March 06, 2001 – Lawmakers suspect effort to ease radiation standard WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency is facing new pressure to loosen standards for radiation exposure from the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, according to Nevada lawmakers and environmental activists – By Steve Tetreault

March 05, 2001 – Nevadans put more heat on Bush over Yucca safety rules WASHINGTON – Nevada officials are putting more pressure on the Bush administration to allow the Environmental Protection Agency, not the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to set safety rules for Yucca Mountain – By Benjamin Grove (Las Vegas Sun)

February 15, 2001 – Tighter radiation limits urged Nevada's senators, governor and a dozen consumer and environmental groups are urging President Bush to keep stricter limits on radiation exposure at a proposed high-level nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain – By Mary Manning (Las Vegas Sun)

January 22, 2001 – EPA toughens Yucca rules On the final day of the Clinton administration, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released stringent radiation limits for a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain – By Mary Manning (Las Vegas Sun)

January 20, 2001 – EPA issues tighter Yucca guidelines; Reid fears Bush will scuttle rules RENO, Nev. - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed tougher health and safety standards than the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has recommended for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in Nevada – By Scott Sonner, Associated Press (Las Vegas Sun)

January 18, 2001 – Reid fears new EPA administrator may roll back radiation standards WASHINGTON – Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday he feared the incoming Bush administration would roll back radiation standards being written for the nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain as part of a wide review of environmental policies advocated by President Clinton – By Steve Tetreault (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

2000

July 17, 2000 – Fed agencies still at odds on limits of radiation WASHINGTON – The two federal agencies that have long disagreed about how much radiation could safely be emitted from a nuclear waste dump in Nevada are still bickering with no compromise in sight, a recent report said – By Benjamin Grove (Las Vegas Sun)

July 15, 2000 – Yucca feud could end up in Congress WASHINGTON – Congress may need to step in and resolve a dispute between federal agencies over radiation standards at Yucca Mountain, according to a government report released Friday. The report, by the General Accounting Office, concluded that the disagreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be intractable – By Tony Batt Donrey Washington Bureau (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

May 17, 2000 – DOE hopes to ease rules for dumping waste at Yucca The Department of Energy hopes for a green light by fall to change guidelines for putting a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. The new guidelines would make it easier for the DOE to get the proposed repository approved -By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN

February 25, 2000 - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Proposed Revision to the Repository Siting Guidelines RE:Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories; Yucca Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines; 10 CFR Parts 960 and 963. 64 FR. No. 229, November 30, 1999, pp. 67054-67089.

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

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

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

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

Letter from National Governors' Association to Senator Trent Lott re: S. 1287

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 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 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 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 16, 1999 – Editorial: Don't gut oversight of the EPA The Las Vegas Sun

August 30, 1999 – Yucca Mountain Standards Won't Protect Health Say Citizen Groups EarthVision Reports WASHINGTON, August 30, 1999 - Reacting to the radiation protection standards the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing for the Yucca Mountain, Nevada high-level radioactive waste repository, the advocacy group Public Citizen announced the measures are inadequate for the protection of human health.

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 20, 1999 – Yucca standards cause quarrel The NRC will challenge the annual radiation dose proposed by the EPA for a nuclear waste dump – By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal