The DOE, the ERDA and the AEC spent many years attempting to site a geological repository.
This Administration has long claimed that it makes its decisions based on science.
Let us also not forget that Yucca Mountain is designated by law as the Nation's spent fuel repository.
I think what has taken Yucca Mountain off the table in terms of a long-term solution for a repository for our nuclear waste is the science.
As a candidate, he had promised very clearly that Yucca Mountain would not be used as a nuclear waste repository.
The State of Nevada currently opposes Yucca Mountain.
the proposed repository meets all applicable safety requirements, including those related to human health and groundwater protection.
In 2008, the President stated that he would 'restore the basic principle that government decisions should be based on the best-available, sc...
The decision to close Yucca Mountain was not driven by science, and it is a fiction to pretend that it was.
Mr. Chairman, Yucca Mountain has local support.
the Administration's decision to halt work on Yucca Mountain is wrongheaded and counter to the Nation's long-term best interests.