The Department of Energy’s Inspector General (IG) has issued a report highlighting Department of Energy’s (DOE) failure to conduct an orderly project shutdown of the Yucca Mountain Project. This is precisely the concern expressed by the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC) in our March 4, 2010 letter sent to the IG warning about the loss […]
July 1, 2010
Law Over Policy: The NWSC Lauds the ASLB’s Order Rejecting the DOE’s Motion to Withdraw its License Application with Prejudice
A group of state utility regulators, attorneys general, electric utilities and others, today praised the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) for rejecting the Department of Energy’s (DOE) attempt to withdraw with prejudice its license application from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a national permanent repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada. The […]
December 16, 2009
Op-Ed By Commissioner David Wright
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 […]
