Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain, the Nevada-based, scientifically flawed and politically unjust proposed high-level radioactive waste repository has now been canceled. However, pro-nuclear forces in Congress have not abandoned Yucca and funding is still allocated to the project.
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Pro-Yucca lawmakers push for funding in year-end spending package
As reported by Humberto Sanchez at the Nevada Independent.
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As reported by the Washington Post, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), mentioned as a lead Yucca dump advocate in the Nevada Independent article above, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2020. Alexander, a very pro-nuclear power U.S. Senator (Oak Ridge nuclear lab, as well as the nuclear power utility Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, are both HQ'd in his state), has long been chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy & Water Appropriations sub-committee, with jurisdiction over radioactive waste management.
Nevada officials watching federal Yucca, plutonium proposals
Updated - Thursday, December 13, 2018
- AP News - Nevada officials watching federal Yucca, plutonium proposals - Associated Press
- Las Vegas Sun - Nevada officials keeping tabs on federal Yucca Mountain, plutonium proposals - Associated Press
NV Gov. Sandoval urges lawmakers not to allocate funds for Yucca Mountain
Updated - Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Sandoval urges lawmakers not to allocate funds for Yucca Mountain - Gary Martin
61 Organizations Oppose Nuclear Waste Language in Year-End Legislation
Letter from 61 organizations [including Beyond Nuclear] opposing attempts to push the contentious licensing of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in year-end legislation. While we acknowledge that the national failure to deliver a final resting place for highly toxic, radioactive nuclear waste that will be dangerous for millennia is of profound concern, we urge Congress not take this deeply unwise course of action for the reasons laid out in the letter.
See the letter at this direct link.
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Media coverage:
Updated - Friday, December 07, 2018
- E&E Daily - NUCLEAR WASTE: Groups urge Congress to ignore Yucca funding push - Jeremy Dillon
- Nuclear News - Letter to Congress: 61 organizations oppose nuclear waste language in year end legislation
Thursday, December 06, 2018
POWERmag - Industry Groups to Congress: Inaction on Nuclear Waste Not an Option - Sonal Patel