Author: Chad Elder
Nevada files motion to end Yucca Mountain project
The State of Nevada has filed a new legal motion to end federal plans to build a repository...
What’s Wrong with the Federal Yucca Mountain Project?
There is a long list of reasons why Yucca Mountain is an unsuitable site for a nuclear waste...
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...
Why Nuclear Fuel Recycling Is Banned In America
Although nuclear reactions don’t produce greenhouse gases like the burning of fossil fuels does, the process isn’t exactly...
Yucca Mountain Would Contaminate California’s Groundwater
Nevada’s opposition to DOE’s license application is driven by the unsuitability of the site for permanent geologic disposal...
Yucca licensing a waste of money and won’t solve nuclear waste issues
Aug. 7, 2022 Editor’s note: As he traditionally does around this time every year, Brian Greenspun is turning...
No Point Finishing the Yucca Mountain Licensing Proceeding
In 2008 the U.S. Department of Energy applied to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for authority to construct...
Report And Recommendations Of The Nevada Commission On Nuclear Projects
Read the full Report And Recommendations Of The Nevada Commission On Nuclear Projects