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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Won’t Release Unredacted Yucca Documents
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is refusing to release an unredacted version of its safety evaluation reports on Yucca Mountain, leaving the conclusions unknown to the public. The agency notified...
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Hope Is Not Enough: The Path to Waste Confidence
From Yucca Mountain to reactor design certifications and post-Fukushima reforms, incoming Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chair Allison Macfarlane has a multitude of issues before her. One of the...
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A Nuclear Waste Carol
Yucca Mountain was dead—to begin with. There was no doubt whatsoever about that. The register of its burial was signed by the Senator, the Chairman, the Secretary, and the President. Now three...
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Senators’ Nuke Waste Plan Renovates When We Really Need to Raze and Rebuild
Newscom Senators Ron Wyden (D–OR), Dianne Feinstein (D–CA), Lamar Alexander (R–TN), and Lisa Murkowski (R–AK) finally released a discussion draft of their much anticipated nuclear waste bill this...
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The President’s Pro-Nuclear Rhetoric vs. His Anti-Nuclear Policies
Polaris/Newscom President Obama released his Climate Action Plan this week, which laid out his vision for reducing climate change. Regardless of what one thinks about climate change policy, producing...
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Georgia Leader Beats Drum for Nuclear Energy
Newscom Georgia is riding a wave of new nuclear energy that, five years ago, many thought would be more crowded by now. Georgia Public Services Commissioner Tim Echols, a champion of using market...
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Court Kicks Yucca Mountain Review Back in Motion
Newscom Despite the politics surrounding Yucca Mountain and the Obama Administration’s policy to terminate the project, a federal court today held the executive branch to its chief role: executing the...
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Yucca Mountain: NRC Takes First Step to Follow the Law
Newscom The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) took a constructive step toward finishing the job on Yucca Mountain. Yesterday, the NRC announced its plan of action to complete the safety evaluation...
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Hope Is Not Enough: The Path to Waste Confidence
From Yucca Mountain to reactor design certifications and post-Fukushima reforms, incoming Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chair Allison Macfarlane has a multitude of issues before her. One of the...
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A Nuclear Waste Carol
Yucca Mountain was dead—to begin with. There was no doubt whatsoever about that. The register of its burial was signed by the Senator, the Chairman, the Secretary, and the President. Now three...
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Senators’ Nuke Waste Plan Renovates When We Really Need to Raze and Rebuild
Newscom Senators Ron Wyden (D–OR), Dianne Feinstein (D–CA), Lamar Alexander (R–TN), and Lisa Murkowski (R–AK) finally released a discussion draft of their much anticipated nuclear waste bill this...
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The President’s Pro-Nuclear Rhetoric vs. His Anti-Nuclear Policies
Polaris/Newscom President Obama released his Climate Action Plan this week, which laid out his vision for reducing climate change. Regardless of what one thinks about climate change policy, producing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Georgia Leader Beats Drum for Nuclear Energy
Newscom Georgia is riding a wave of new nuclear energy that, five years ago, many thought would be more crowded by now. Georgia Public Services Commissioner Tim Echols, a champion of using market...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Court Kicks Yucca Mountain Review Back in Motion
Newscom Despite the politics surrounding Yucca Mountain and the Obama Administration’s policy to terminate the project, a federal court today held the executive branch to its chief role: executing the...
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Yucca Mountain: NRC Takes First Step to Follow the Law
Newscom The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) took a constructive step toward finishing the job on Yucca Mountain. Yesterday, the NRC announced its plan of action to complete the safety evaluation...
View ArticleFY 2015: Yucca Mountain Circus Continues
Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to defend their budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2015 this week, putting on display one...
View ArticleDOE Can’t Collect Fees for Not Managing Nuclear Waste
The commercial nuclear power industry has for over 30 years been paying billions of dollars for a nonexistent government waste management program—until today. As of today, the Department of Energy...
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