On July 28, 2017, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman, Kristine Svinicki, responded to questions from Nevada's senior U.S. Senator, Dean Heller, re: the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste dump. See the cover letter, and Chairman Svinicki's responses to Sen. Heller's questions.
These communications were not released by NRC Chairman Svinicki until today (Mon., Aug. 7, 2017), when they were posted to the NRC ADAMS docket, ten days after they were sent to Sen. Heller.
[Please note that NRC Chairman Svinicki previously stirred controversy, by failing to disclose to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, during her initial confirmation hearing as a U.S. NRC Commissioner, that she had in fact wored on Yucca Mountain Project related matters, when she worked at the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Senators from Nevada, including Harry Reid (Democratic Leader of the U.S. Senate for many years, now retired), were not pleased that Svinicki had concealed this important fact from them and other U.S. Senators.]