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A Real Nowhere Bill
One reason the federal plan to bury high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain is moribund is because the science proving that it would be safe does not exist...Las Vegas Sun, 1/27/08

So, State may Sue the Feds
Nevada officials have pushed the U.S. Department of Energy for years to make a railroad to Yucca Mountain available for dual use...Pahrump Valley Times, 11/28/07

Rurals Concerned About Mina Route
CARSON CITY -- Nevada's rural counties are not happy with the proposed Mina alternative rail route to Yucca Mountain, and yesterday the director of the Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program made their stance clear during a session of the Nevada Commission on Nuclear projects here....Pahrump Valley Times, 3/2/07

Public Pushes Back Against Planned Test on Old Nuke Site
Suspicious of government assurances that a planned desert explosion will not rekindle radioactive fallout from past events, Westerners and Native Americans want the plan halted...newstandardnews.net, 1/31/07

DOE Seeks Land for Yucca Mountain Railroad Studies
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Department of Energy wants access to 208,000 acres of public land for studies of two possible rail routes to the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain...Las Vegas Sun, 11/28/06

A New Timeline for Yucca Mountain
Energy officials say the Yucca Mountain Project has a new timeline which could have the nation's nuclear waste delivered to Nevada within 11 years. Yucca Mountain is about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas...www.kvbc.com, 11/16/06

Will Yucca Mountain Plans Stall?
Plans to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain may stall now that Nevada Senator Harry Reid is set to lead the Senate. Both Republicans and Democrats also say Nevada will benefit if Senator John Ensign becomes head of the Republican campaign arm in the Senate as expected...www.kvbc.com, 11/13/06

DOE Adds Yucca Mountain Info Session Amid State Complaints
The federal Energy Department on Tuesday scheduled another public meeting on revised plans for a radioactive waste dump in Nevada, while state officials and anti-nuclear advocates complained a first meeting was not informative...www.tahoebonanza.com, 11/5/06

Mired in Yucca Muck
Nine billion dollars and 24 years later, what's been produced at Yucca Mountain are two tunnels, a temporary research facility, and a heap of geological science...www.usnews.com, 10/22/06

Railroad Route to Nuclear Dump in Nevada Getting Another Look
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Energy Department is reconsidering building a rail line through western Nevada to the site of a proposed national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, officials said. The north-south route dubbed the Mina Corridor was examined in the 1990s but shelved after the Walker River Paiute Indians refused access to their reservation. The tribe reconsidered this year...Las Vegas Sun, 10/12/06

Madigan, Nine States Call on Congress to Reject Nuclear Waste Storage Legislation
CHICAGO—Attorney General Lisa Madigan, joined by nine other state attorneys general, has called on Congress to reject legislation that would enable the federal government to designate nuclear waste storage facilities in all states with nuclear power plants, notwithstanding governors’ objections or state and local zoning and environmental laws...10/6/06, The Rock River Times

Above-Ground Storage Facility Proposed for Yucca Mountain
There's a push on Capitol Hill to ship nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain several years ahead of the Bush Administration's schedule. New Mexico Senator Pete Dominici authored a bill mandating construction of an above-ground storage facility at Yucca Mountain...KVBC.com, 9/28/06

Senator Seeks to Speed Nuclear Waste Shipments to Yucca Mountain
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate committee chairman said Wednesday that he wants to start shipping nuclear waste to Nevada's Yucca Mountain in 2010, seven years ahead of the Bush administration's schedule...Las Vegas Sun, 9/27/06

Industry Group Floating Bill to Speed Opening of Yucca Mountain
Draft legislation by the Nuclear Energy Institute would allow interim storage of spent radioactive waste at the site and provide millions of dollars to Nevada if the state drops opposition to the project...Las Vegas Sun, 9/21/06

Identifying Absolute Corruption
Count Kristi Hodges among the casualties of so-called "sound science" at the Yucca Mountain Project. For years she toiled as a quality assurance auditor, scrutinizing data compiled to justify the federal government's planned nuclear waste repository northwest of Las Vegas. Last month, she quit...Las Vegas Review Journal, 9/19/06

Industry Executive Says Nuclear Waste Safe at Plants
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Storing spent nuclear fuel at commercial power plants is safe, but the government still should move forward with proposals to ship waste to a Yucca Mountain repository or to temporary storage sites, an industry executive said...Las Vegas Sun, 9/14/06

Bush Pushes Nuclear Weapons Development in US
In the face of increased Congressional opposition to US nuclear weapons development, the Bush administration appears to be making an end run around governmental checks and balances. The bizarrely named Divine Strake project is a 700-ton explosive experiment, first scheduled to detonate at the Nevada Test Site in June of this year, www.truthout.org, 9/1/06

Report Says DOE Not Correcting Mistakes
The Department of Energy is still failing to do a good job correcting mistakes in its nuclear waste program, a problem that could affect safety and delay the proposed Yucca Mountain repository even more if it is not fixed, investigators said in a report issued Friday, Pahrump Valley Times, 8/23/06

Nevada Congressman Calls Proposed Waste Dump Broken
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, Nev. (AP) - Rep. Jon Porter called Yucca Mountain "broken" and questioned its safety and science during a tour of the proposed nuclear waste repository Tuesday, Las Vegas Sun, 8/22/06

Yucca Mountain Project May Soon be Put to Rest
During my two terms as Nevada's governor, perhaps no single issue has been as vexing and problematic as the efforts of the federal government to locate a repository for highly radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain, just 90 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada Appeal, 8/20/06

Air Force and DOE Consider Flyovers of Yucca
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Air Force confirmed Thursday it is negotiating air space rights over Yucca Mountain to balance pilot access to the Nellis Test and Training Range and security at the nuclear waste site that has been proposed nearby, Pahrump Valley Times, 8/18/06

Agency Chief Says Yucca Plans Not Necessary
CARSON CITY - Nevada officials have objected to the U.S. Department of Energy's plans to build a "road to nowhere" along with other construction projects at Yucca Mountain, saying the work is illegal and unnecessary...8/11/06 Pahrump Valley Times

Government Moving to 'Recycle' Nuclear Waste
WASHINGTON — Brushing aside concerns from members of Congress, scientists and anti-proliferation activists, the Energy Department is moving ahead with a plan to recycle nuclear waste into new power plant fuel...www.oxfordpress.com, 8/10/06

Court Rejects Nev. Yucca Mountain Appeal
WASHINGTON -- Nevada was dealt a blow in its effort to avoid a radioactive waste dump Tuesday as a federal appeals court turned aside arguments against transportation plans...8/8/06, www.washingtonpost.com

Federal Appeals Court Denies Nevada Challenge to Yucca Mountain
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit [official website] declined Tuesday to review a US Department of Energy (DOE) [official website] proposal to move nuclear waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository [DOE materials] by rail, finding that some claims by the State of Nevada lacked merit while others were unripe...The Jurist, 8/8/06

INSIGHTS: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump is a Dying Beast
US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada gave this statement Thursday August 3, 2006 before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing on S.2589, the Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act of 2006...Environmental News Service, 8/4/06

Nuke Dump Timeline Questioned
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee chairman says the Bush administration's new timeline for opening the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada in 2017 ignores the possibility of lawsuits and delays...The Washington Post, 8/3/06

Judge Concerned about Nuclear Residue at Test Site
LAS VEGAS A federal judge expressed concern Wednesday about radioactive residue near the Nevada desert site where the government had planned a non-nuclear explosive test expected to push a mushroom dust cloud high into the atmosphere...8/2/06, KUTV

Divine Strake Delayed Until 2007
ST. GEORGE - In the latest delay for the planned Divine Strake experiment, the Pentagon announced Tuesday that the earliest it would go forward would be "at least several months into calendar year 2007...www.TheSpectrum.com, 8/2/06

Explosion Delayed Until Sometime in '07
WINDOW ROCK — U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-2nd District, applauded an announcement Tuesday by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency that the Divine Strake non-nuclear explosion planned at Nevada Test Site could not be conducted until several months into 2007 at the earliest...Gallup Independent, 8/2/06

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