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June 30, 2007 — Memorandum and Order: Response to the Appeals of the Construction Authorization Boards' (CABs or Boards) First Prehearing Conference Order (pdf-222K)
June 23, 2009 — Allison Macfarlane --
A nuclear expert on life after Yucca
—Technology Review
June 18, 2009 — Commissioners [Lincoln County] Approve $700,000 in Consulting Contracts — The Record
June 17, 2009 — Letter from House Republicans to Dr. Chu, re: Yucca Mountain
June 15, 2009 — Cancelling the Yucca Mountain repository will throw the entire nuclear waste management program into doubt — scitzen.com
June 12, 2009 —
Yucca rejection would prompt repeat, board told
— With the Obama adminstration's stance that Yucca Mountain is not an option for disposing the nation's highly radioactive waste, Congress will revisit the process for choosing another repository site, one that probably will draw opposition similar to Nevada's wherever it is. That was the upshot Thursday of a presentation to an independent review board . . . RJ.com
June 10, 2009 —
GOP plan would increase nuclear waste destined for Yucca
— A new energy plan unveiled today by House Republicans streamlines expanding nuclear power plants and the amount of spent nuclear fuel destined for a proposed Yucca Mountain repository — Las Vegas Sun
June 08, 2009 — - State of Nevada's New Contentions Based on DOE's February 19, 2009 License Application Update — State of Nevada
June 08, 2009 — Sun Editorial: Mighty expensive dinosaur— Las Vegas Sun
June 04, 2009 — - Statement of Steven Chu, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies FY 2010 Appropriations Hearing, June 3, 2009 (pdf-54K) — USDOE
June 04, 2009 — Nevada’s ‘mighty expensive dinosaur’ — On ‘dead’ Yucca Mountain project, House subcommittee asks: If not there, where? — Las Vegas Sun
May 31, 2009 — Commentary: Yucca is wrong for Nevada, even in hard times - Harry Reid and John Ensign — Nevada Appeal
May 29, 2009 — State of Nevada'S Brief in Opposition to NRC Staff Appeal — State of Nevada
May 28, 2009 —
State of Nevada Op-Ed Response to N.Y. Times Editorial
— State of Nevada
May 27, 2009 — Report calls for permanent N-waste storage solution — Desert News
May 25, 2009 — Yucca Mountain plan dead, despite appropriations — RGJ.com
May 21, 2009 — Will Yucca licensing still continue if dump dies?— WASHINGTON -- The paper of record weighs in today on the Yucca Mountain debate, insisting the licensing process must go forward even if the dump is to be killed — Las Vegas Sun [May 21, 2009 —
EDITORIAL: Follow the Science on Yucca — nytimes.com
May 20, 2009 —
In Obama’s budget, money to fight Yucca also likely cut — Washington — President Barack Obama’s proposed slashing of the Yucca Mountain budget has had a perhaps unexpected fallout: It also likely cut the money the state of Nevada relies on to fight the project — Las Vegas Sun [More Coverage - UPI]
May 19, 2009 — Nuke waste plan nuked  — CNN
May 18, 2009 — Plenty of Time to Deal with Nuclear Waste — Temporary storage is good enough for now, a panel says — Technology Review
May 18, 2009 — Is the solution to the U.S. nuclear waste problem in France — LA HAGUE, France -- Visiting the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facility here is a bit like stepping into the script from a 1960s Star Trek show. When visitors peer through a 40-inchthick,
radiation-shielding plate of glass, they can see a ballet of industrial-strength robots — Nytimes.com
May 15, 2009 — Dumped on: White House does Nevada huge favor with Yucca budget plan [Editorial] — Las Vegas Sun
May 14, 2009 — Former Reid aide named chairman of NRC — RJ.com
May 11, 2009 —
Atomic Safety & Licensing Board admits eight parties, 299 contentions in Yucca Mountain proceeding
— NRC [More Coverage — Nevada Appeal] [More Coverage — RJ.com [The NRC Decision]
May 11, 2009 —
The 'screw Nevada bill' and how it stymied U.S. nuclear waste policy
NYtimes.com
May 08, 2009 — Bell tolls for Yucca: Obama’s budget ends all planning for the dump site, but only Congress can kill it . . . This proposal implements the Administration’s decision to terminate the Yucca Mountain — Las Vegas Sun [Related Story - NYtimes.com]
May 06, 2009 — Obama takes another big swipe at Yucca budget: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s first budget for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site will be the lowest ever, and will include further directions for the Department of Energy to wind down the Nevada project, officials said today — Stephens Washington Bureau
May 05, 2009 — Erosion Of The Yucca Mountain Crest — redObert
April 30, 2009 — GOP senators push back on plans to scrap Yucca project: Lawmakers attack Obama's energy policies — WASHINGTON -- Republican senators on Wednesday pushed back against the Obama administration's moves to set aside the nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain — Stephens Washington Bureau
April 30, 2009 —
Maintain pressure to kill Yucca, ex-Senator says
— Former U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan told the Commission on Nuclear Projects on Wednesday that even though President Barack Obama has indicated the Yucca Mountain project is history, now is not the time for Nevada to back off. “I, like a lot of people, believe the project is dead,” Bryan said. “But we do not want a Lazarus-like resurrection. We will not be able to rest easy until we drive a silver stake through its heart.” — Nevada Appeal
April 30, 2009 — State urged to keep fighting: While most believe the Yucca project is dying, others advise diligence — RJ.com
April 24, 2009 —
Senator's bill seeks Yucca Mountain refunds — WASHINGTON -- A bill introduced in the Senate would begin refunding billions of dollars to electricity consumers if President Barack Obama follows through on his vow to end the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste program. The bill by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., would dismantle the special fund dedicated to building a repository in Nevada for 77,000 tons of used nuclear fuel and waste generated by utilities and government defense programs — Stephens Washington Bureau [Related Story — Washington Times]
April 22, 2009 — McCain: Blue ribbon Yucca panel unnecessary — WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain said today that he did not believe the Obama administration’s proposed blue ribbon commission to study alternatives to Yucca Mountain was necessary. McCain, the former Republican presidential nominee, remains a strong supporter of the nuclear waste dump planned for north of Las Vegas — Las Vegas Sun
April 21, 2009 — A new Yucca Mountain in New Mexico — Las Vegas Sun
April 20, 2009 — Yucca's demise to cost Nevada: Job losses will add to economic woes —
The Obama administration and the state's congressional delegation have vowed to financially bleed the decades-old Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, but doing so probably will cramp Southern Nevada's already hurting economy — RJ.com
April 17, 2009 — Obama to cut Yucca budget — WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama submits his 2010 budget request with actual numbers next month, it is expected to show a substantial funding cut for the Yucca Mountain project, a trade publication reports today. Obama will cut Yucca Mountain to just $198 million, which is nearly $100 million less than what the program is operating on for 2009, according to the New Nuclear Build Monitor — Las Vegas Sun
April 17, 2009 —
State of Nevada Motion to Surface Transportation Board to Suspend or Reopen (proceeding to consider DOE’s Public Certificate of Convenience and Necessity application for Caliente rail line). (pdf-1.57M) — State of Nevada
April 10, 2009 — Nevada seeks to derail Yucca train plan: State files motions with transportation board — WASHINGTON -- If there is likely to be no nuclear waste repository in Nevada, there is no need to think about building a nuclear waste railroad, attorneys for the state are saying to a federal board considering an Energy Department rail plan. Nevada lawyers filed a motion Tuesday asking the Surface Transportation Board to suspend a DOE application to build a rail line from Caliente to the repository site at Yucca Mountain — Stephens Washington Bureau
April 09, 2009 — States resist adding to nuclear waste construction fund: Yucca Mountain's slowing pace prompts action — WASHINGTON -- With the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository on a slow path for years, and now possibly ended for good, some states are seeking relief on money their residents pay into a multibillion-dollar construction account — Stephens Washington Bureau [More Coverage — New York Times]
April 08, 2009 — Sun editorial: A critical look at Yucca? — Nuclear Regulatory Commission judges question staff’s review of nuclear waste dump - A panel of judges from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a three-day hearing last week on objections to the Energy Department’s application to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas — Las Vegas Sun
April 04, 2009 — Energy Department presses for license as if nothing’s changed — Hearings this week in Las Vegas on the federal government’s plans to store highly radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain drew little public attendance. But Nevada officials and several other groups showed up to raise 320 objections to the plan — Las Vegas Sun
April 01, 2009 — McCain says it's time for Plan B for Yucca project: Senator calling for Congress to move on — WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain threw up his hands Tuesday, acknowledging that the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site may be mothballed by the Obama administration and calling for Congress to move on if that is the case. McCain was a vocal advocate for the Nevada repository plan in recent weeks, while the Obama administration signaled it planned to dramatically scale back its budget and initiate a search for alternatives — Las Vegas Review Journal
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 April 28, 2009 — Eureka County Comments on the OCRWM National Transportation Plan, Revision 0 [7 Pages]
Winter 2009 Newsletter
Photo Slide Show: Union Pacific Freight Train Derailment & Bridge Collapse near Carlin Nevada - 12/27/08
March 16, 2009 — Comment Letter:USDOE Draft Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement — Eureka County
February 17, 2009 — [Press Release] NRC approves rule incorporating EPA standardsfor Yucca Mountain repository
 Read the Final Rule 20 pages
February 06, 2009 — Eureka County Comments: Update and Proposed Revision of Waste Confidence Decision; Federal Register Vol.73 No.197, October 9, 2008, pages 59551-59579
February 06, 2009 — Nuclear Waste Disposal: Alternatives to Yucca Mountains — Congressional Research Service (27 Pages)
January 21, 2009 — Comment Letter, Eureka County: Notice of Revised Proposed Policy and Request for comments, October 31, 2008 (73 FR 64933) - 180(c) implementation — Eureka County
October 7, 2008 — CRS Report for Congress, Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal [ 22 Pages]
January 15, 2008 — Eureka County Nevada Comments — DOE’s Notice of Revised Proposed Policy and Request for Comments on the OCRWM Plan for the Implementation of Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 140/ Monday, July 23, 2007/Notices)
January 7, 2008 — Comments: Eureka County, Nevada — U.S. Department of Energy's Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Yucca Mountain Repository, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Rail Transportation Corridor, and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Rail Alignment
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Lumos & Associates, Inc.
Eureka County, Nevada
Socioeconomic Conditions and Trends Update 2006 Lumos & Associates, Inc.
Impact Assessment Report Eureka County, Yucca Mountain Existing Transportation Corridor, Lumos & Associates, Inc.
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