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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 Nevada’s experts explain why the site is flawed, the repository design is obsolete and the proposed repository should be terminated.
Latest Updates
February 2, 2026: Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects Recognizes that the Trump Administration accepts that the nation must fix the problem of Nuclear Waste Disposal; Urges Congress to Initiate New Site Selection Process.
Videos
- WARNING: Time has run out at Yucca Mountain
- WARNING: Broken Safety System at Yucca Mountain
- WARNING: Yucca Mountain, a poor site for nuclear waste
- WARNING: Earthquake Danger at Yucca Mountain
- WARNING: Volcano at Yucca Mountain
- Consent-Based Siting Discussion with John L. Smith
- Why Finishing the License Won't Work
- Why Yucca Mountain is a Poor Site
- Why the Yucca Mountain Project Won't Work
- How Yucca Mountain Was Selected
- The Path Forward
- Threatens the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe's Ancestral Homeland
- What's Wrong with Yucca Mountain
- Yucca Mountain: Where do we go from here?
- The Unfinished Business of the Blue Ribbon Commission
- The Problems with Reprocessing
- Interview with Allison Macfarlane
- Interview with Lake Barrett
- Interview with Dr. Fred Dilger
WARNING: Time has run out at Yucca Mountain
Articles
Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects Announces Retirement of Executive Director Fred Dilger and Appointment of New Executive Director
The Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects today announced the retirement of Fred Dilger as Executive Director...
Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects Urges Congress to Initiate New Site Selection Process
February 2, 2026 Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects Recognizes that the Trump Administration accepts that the nation must...
Nuclear hype empty without addressing waste
Former Nevada Governor and Senator, Richard Bryan, the chairman of the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, pens a...
Yucca Mountain Podcast
Now playing:
Ep. 1 - Why Finishing the Licensing Application Won't Work (w/ Fred Dilger)
- Ep. 1 - Why Finishing the Licensing Application Won't Work (w/ Fred Dilger)
- Ep. 2 - Why Yucca Mountain Is a Poor Site (w/ Steve Frishman)
- Ep. 3 - How Yucca Mountain Was Selected and Nevada's Opposition (w/ Sen. Richard Bryan)
- Ep. 4 - How Yucca Mountain Was Selected, and the Roots of Nevada's Opposition (w/ Jim Bilbray)
- Ep. 5 - Why Yucca Mountain Is a Flawed Site (w/ Dr. Gene Smith)
- Ep. 6 - How the Dept. of Energy’s Licensing Application Has Evolved (w/ Robert Halstead)
- Ep. 7 - Nevada’s Bipartisan Opposition and Commitment (w/ Gov. Steve Sisolak, SecState Barbara Cegavske, and Mike Thorne)
- Ep. 8 - Nuclear Waste Disposal and What the Future Holds (w/ Mike Thorne)
- Ep. 9 - Reason Behind NV Long Standing Opposition & Push for Consent-Based Siting (w Dina Titus)
- Ep. 10 - Nuclear Waste Negotiator with David Leroy
- Ep. 11 - The Yucca Mountain Project Threatens the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe's Ancestral Homeland
- Ep. 12 - What’s Wrong with Yucca Mountain
- Ep. 13 - The Unfinished Business of the Blue Ribbon Commission
- Ep. 14 - The Problems with Reprocessing
- Ep. 15 - Where do we go from here?
- Ep. 16 - Interview with Allison Macfarlane
- Ep. 17 - Interview with Lake Barrett
- Ep. 18 - Interview with Dr. Fred Dilger