Excerpt from the letter: Dear Mr. Secretary, We commend you for moving forward to appoint a Blue Ribbon Panel Commission (Commission) to evaluate alternatives for the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste currently stranded in 39 state at commercial, decommissioned and Department of Energy (DOE) site. Read the full letter […]
May 14, 2009
Significant Adverse Consequences to the Nation
Given that deep geologic disposal at Yucca Mountain is the current law of the land, the severe under-funding of the nuclear waste disposal program in the Administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget is unconscionable. The nation’s ratepayers are paying more than $750 million per year into the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) to safely dispose of […]
April 30, 2009
Letter to Moussa on the National Transportation Plan
Excerpt from the letter: Dear Mr. Moussa, The members of the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC) thank the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), the opportunity to provide comments on the above referenced Plan regarding the DOE’s current strategy and planning for developing and implementing a national transportation system that […]
