Angie Craig: “I want to speak about a need of this Senate to act and act soon. I am speaking about a provision within the Nuclear…”

“I want to speak about a need of this Senate to act and act soon. I am speaking about a provision within the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 that required a procedure by which this country would ultimately step forward in determining a permanent storage site for high-level nuclear waste. It is known here as Yucca Mountain in the State of Nevada. It has been a high-profile issue, one that has been given a great deal of debate over the last good number of years, but one that has come again to the floor of the Senate in which we must make a decision to make one step forward in a review and licensing process to determine whether the site of Yucca Mountain in the State of Nevada is capable of handling and effectively storing for 10,000 years the high-level nuclear waste of this country. In the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, we established what is known as an expedited procedure for consideration of the resolution approving the President's selection of the nuclear waste site.”