Mr. President, Heed Your Own Words: Yucca Mountain’s Viability Should be Based on Science, Not Politics By David Wright, South Carolina Public Service Commissioner & Chairman of the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition If President Obama plans to live up to his promise of “science over politics” in determining policy, he will not discontinue funding for […]
Archives for 2009
November 19, 2009
Letter to House and Senate Appropriators
Excerpt from the letter: Dear Chairmen Inouye and Obey and Ranking Members Cochran and Lewis, The members of the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC), are writing to express our concern over the role of the federal government in taking responsibility for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste and to draw your attention to an […]
October 7, 2009
Politics Over Policy
Along with a number of other organizations, the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC) cosigned a letter to Secretary of Energy Chu expressing significant concern about the federal government’s actions related to the planned geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, NV. The NWSC has particular concern that the proposed Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) to study waste management strategies might be […]
