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Yucca Mountain

The Nevada site designated by federal law as the nation’s permanent geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste, though development has been stalled for decades.

  • Cooling towers releasing steam clouds at a nuclear power station.
    Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Chatter Continues on Trump’s Yucca Mountain Plans

    Though President-elect Donald Trump has yet to offer an official stance on the canceled nuclear waste geologic repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, speculation that the next administration will revive the project persists around Washington, D.C. Sources close with the Trump transition team say his still-developing administration is exploring restarting the project licensing process with the Nuclear […]

  • Cooling towers releasing steam clouds at a nuclear power station.
    Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Interim Storage Key Challenge: NRC to Obama

    Providing effective oversight for safe and secure interim storage of high-level radioactive waste until a permanent repository is operational will be a key challenge for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency said in a report to President Barack Obama, which was released publicly Wednesday. The agency’s Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2016 also […]