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Since 1987 Nevada has stopped the U.S. Department of Energy’s plan to entomb more than 77,000 tons of deadly spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes at Yucca Mountain. Nevada’s experts explain why the site is flawed, the repository design is obsolete and the proposed repository should be terminated.

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September 20, 2022: Nevada files motion with Nuclear Regulatory Commission to lift the suspension of the adjudicatory proceeding for limited purposes. Read the full motion.

Videos

Consent-Based Siting Discussion with John L. Smith

Articles

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Project Is Unworkable

It is time for the U.S. Department of Energy to throw in the towel on the beleaguered Yucca...

A Yucca Mountain Repository Would Not be Available for 20 Years, Or More

If work on the federal Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project restarted immediately it would be 20 years or...

Report And Recommendations Of The Nevada Commission On Nuclear Projects

Read the full Report And Recommendations Of The Nevada Commission On Nuclear Projects

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