2004 Transportation News Arcives
January 06, 2004 For struggling rural county, Yucca route a tough call
CALIENTE -- On a slow Monday afternoon at the Knotty Pine Restaurant, co-owner Mel Robinson waits on two customers. Asked about the Energy Department's recently announced preferred route that would bring trains carrying nuclear waste through the small town near the Utah border, Robinson says she believes that the federal government will win that fight and that folks need to accept it, as well as a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain Las Vegas Sun
January 05, 2004 Lincoln County meeting tackles proposed rail route
Lincoln County commissioners were expecting a lively meeting this morning as residents got their first opportunity to speak out on the proposed rail line that would bring highly radioactive waste through the county on the way to Yucca Mountain Las Vegas Sun
February 20, 2004 Hearing in LV to focus on nuke waste rail route
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department's plans to ship nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain will be the topic of a March 5 congressional hearing in Las Vegas. After the department announced in December that it preferred the Caliente corridor route if it selected to build a rail line to move waste to the planned nuclear waste site, Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., requested a hearing from the House Transportation Committee on the subject Las Vegas Sun
February 06, 2004 Lawmakers welcome anti-nuke help Legislator from Minnesota opposes waste transport Two Nevada legislators and an anti-nuclear activist hailed a Minnesota state lawmaker's promise Thursday to fight shipping radioactive waste through Minneapolis Las Vegas Sun
February 06, 2004 State adds transportation expert to anti-Yucca team WASHINGTON -- Nevada has added a transportation expert to its legal team challenging the Yucca Mountain Project. Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday the hiring of Reno lawyer Paul Lamboley, a former member of the federal Interstate Commerce Commission Stephens Washington Bureau
February 03, 2004 DOE earmarks $23 million to study nuke transportation
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department plans to spend $23 million to study how to move nuclear waste through Nevada, but it also made clear Monday that finishing the license application for the Yucca Mountain repository by the end of the year will be its first priority Las Vegas Sun
March 31, 2004 Nevada lists nuke rail line woes
Planned transport would disrupt much in state CARSON CITY A proposed railroad line that would stretch from the Caliente area to Yucca Mountain for the transportation of nuclear waste would disrupt mining, ranching and recreational activities in Nevada, the state says Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun
March 31, 2004 DOE looks at trucking waste to Yucca site Unsure when rail line will be complete, energy officials examine backup plan WASHINGTON -- Unsure whether they can get a railroad built in time, Energy Department officials are dusting off a backup plan that would ship radioactive spent fuel by truck through rural Nevada for the initial years of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
March 06, 2004 YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Rail corridor plan faces scrutiny The Department of Energy is putting "the caboose before the engine" by proceeding with plans to withdraw land or seek a right of way for a 319-mile railroad corridor in rural Nevada to haul nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain, a state official told a House subcommittee Friday. The department intends to first select the route known as the Caliente Corridor or another route and to ask questions about environmental and safety concerns later, said state Nuclear Projects Agency chief Bob Loux Las Vegas Review Journal
April 25, 2004 YUCCA MOUNTAIN RAIL LINE: Residents oppose route Most see effort to grab swath of land latest in long line of government abuses Las Vegas Review Journal
April 23, 2004 Nevada asks environmental council to intervene in Yucca rail plan LAS VEGAS - Nevada has registered a new complaint about the Yucca Mountain project, claiming the Energy Department has gotten ahead of itself planning a 319-mile rail line to the site where it wants to bury the nation's nuclear waste AP — —
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April 20, 2004 Plans to guard shipments questioned
CARSON CITY -- A federal official expressed doubt Monday that the Energy Department has developed plans to guard against terrorist attacks on trains or trucks loaded with nuclear waste bound for Yucca Mountain. Mark Abkowitz, a member of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, told the Legislative Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste that the review board is to oversee the Energy Department. He said he was not sure if the Energy Department has "fully explored" the new ways terrorists can attack these shipments Cy Ryan Las Vegas Sun
April 08, 2004 Federal Register Notice DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Record of Decision on Mode of Transportation and Nevada Rail Corridor for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV Adobe PDF File
April 08, 2004 Federal Register Notice
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV Adobe PDF File
April 05, 2004 DOE picks rail option, Caliente corridor to Nevada nuke dump
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Radioactive waste bound for a planned national nuclear dump in Nevada would be transported by trains on a 319-mile rail line to be built across the state, the federal government announced Monday AP
April 05, 2004 YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Railroad secrecy irks state
Officials set aside more than 300 miles of Nevada land for hauling nuclear waste The Department of Energy has kept ranchers, miners and rural Nevada residents in the dark about its plan to withdraw more than 300 miles of public land to study a rail corridor for hauling nuclear waste from Caliente to Yucca Mountain, state officials contend in comments about the proposal By KEITH ROGERS Las Vegas Review Journal
April 03, 2004 YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Ex-NTSB official discusses shipping issues Former chairman calls for shipment of oldest waste first WASHINGTON -- If and when nuclear waste is transported to Yucca Mountain, it would be safer to move the oldest waste first, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday By TONY BATT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
May 28, 2004 Eureka County Scoping Comments
DOE's Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
May, 2004 State of Nevada Comments on DOEs Notice of Intent to Prepare and Environmental Impact Statement for Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada (121 pages - 980KB)
May 25, 2004 BLM to hold public meetings on proposal for Yucca rail line
Las Vegas Review Journal
May 18, 2004 YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT: DOE takes comment on plan Responses mixed on transportation of nuclear waste For the fifth time this month, Department of Energy officials on Monday brought out their maps and displays on how they plan to build a 319-mile railroad to haul nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain Las Vegas Review Journal
May 17, 2004 Tiny Nevada town split by proposed nuclear railroad AP
May 14, 2004 Lawsuit warns of Yucca train troubles Las Vegas Sun
May 06, 2004 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM: Yucca waste shipments to dwarf past DOE estimates shipping 3,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel annually for 24 years WASHINGTON -- Over three decades, 2,500 tons of spent nuclear fuel was shipped in the United States, an amount that would be eclipsed in only a single year of operations for the Yucca Mountain Project, an expert science panel was told Wednesday By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
May 06, 2004 Arguments for, against rail line made Some ranchers oppose DOE waste plan; others say economic benefits will be reaped CALIENTE -- The railroad the Department of Energy wants to build in this historic train town is causing the biggest stir since tracks were first laid here 104 years ago Las Vegas Review Journal
May 04, 2004 Money OK'd for Yucca rail study The Lincoln County Commission on Monday unanimously approved a plan to disperse $255,000 from the Energy Department for a three-county board to study a proposed rail corridor to Yucca Mountain Las Vegas Sun
May 04, 2004 DOE shows residents nuclear waste route
Views mixed on rail line to Yucca Mountain AMARGOSA VALLEY -- With mixed reviews and in a room lined with colorful displays, charts and maps, Department of Energy officials rolled out their plan Monday for building a 319-mile rail line to haul the nation's most potent nuclear waste from Caliente to a yet-to-be-built repository at Yucca Mountain Las Vegas Review Journal
May 01, 2004 Rural panel wants funds to study Yucca Mountain plan
LAS VEGAS - A panel comprised of members from three rural Nevada counties wants $330,000 to conduct studies of a proposed rail line that would carry nuclear waste shipments to a planned repository at Yucca Mountain. The Central Nevada Community Protection Working Group would also use the cash to survey people who live near the proposed rail line as well as to gauge the route's economic impact, the Las Vegas Sun reported Friday AP
December 07, 2004 YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT: Board raises questions about shipping plans DOE's progress comes under fire WASHINGTON -- A Yucca Mountain review board has raised questions about the Energy Department's progress in planning to ship thousands of tons of nuclear waste to a proposed Nevada repository. With the department still clinging to a goal of opening a burial site in 2010, it has yet to put in place a comprehensive organization "that can develop a safe, secure and efficient transportation system," according to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board By STEVE TETREAULT, STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
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