The House Energy and Water appropriation bill did clarify that the Nuclear Waste Fund is only to be used for its intended purpose: Yucca Mountain.
Mr. Shimkus. The gentleman yields back the time.
In 2008, after decades of research, DOE filed an 8,700-page license application at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for...
In 2009, the administration unilaterally decided to cancel the Yucca Mountain program and sought to withdraw the license...
I would like to call this hearing to order.
DOE estimates the cost of starting over to be $5.6 billion for just the first 10 years.
After over 30 years and $15 billion, the American people deserve to know the NRC's independent, objective conclusion.
It appears congressional action is needed, and I am willing to work with my colleagues to address this issue.
Shutting down the repository program, the administration did not elaborate on a technical or safety concern, merely that...
Fifteen billion was invested in this repository program and got us within just a month of knowing whether we have a scie...
So it was not successful as an----