The NWSC sent a letter to Chairmen Edward Whitfield (R-KY) and John Shimkus (R-IL), and Ranking Members Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Gene Green (D-TX), House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Energy and Power and Subcommittee Environment and Economy, supporting their investigations of the termination of the nuclear waste disposal program by the Department of Energy, […]

The NWSC recently sent a letter to Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and Ranking Member Pete Visclosky (D-IN), House Appropriations Subcommittee Energy and Water Development, lauding their commitment to reinstate $25 million from the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) for the nuclear waste disposal program, and $10 million for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

The NWSC has sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu stating that inasmuch the Department has cancelled the nuclear waste disposal program, the NWSC still holds the DOE accountable to issue on a regular basis a financial and budget report showing how the amount of Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) fees collected are […]