In March 2010 the Department of Energy informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- the nation's independent nuclear regulatory body -- of its decision to withdraw the federal government's ...

During the campaign, Barack Obama took a stand against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. That boosted his appeal in Nevada, where the facility is located. Most residents -- particularly ...

Thousands of tons of nuclear waste that will be dangerously radioactive for tens of thousands of years are piling up at 131 power plants and research labs across the US. Federal law requires that it ...

Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright during his confirmation hearing. (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee screengrab) “Can Nevadans count on you to acknowledge that the failed Yucca ...

19-April-2007 — Bob Loux, executive director of Nevada’s Agency for Nuclear Projects, urged the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today to reject the U.S. Department of Energy’s plan to claim ...

WASHINGTON, DC, August 5, 2008 (ENS) - It will cost 38 percent more to build, operate and decommission the nation's first nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada than the federal government ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated how to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste as Texas tried to persuade the justices to block a storage site near the state’s border with New Mexico. But the ...

Jan. 10, 2002 — Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has made his recommendation to President Bush that the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada should be used as a permanent storage site for the country’s ...

With thousands of tons of radioactive waste piling up across the U.S., Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the final resting place for America’s nuclear byproducts. But the project has faced legal, ...

Joseph Egan, a former nuclear reactor engineer who became a lawyer, died on 7 May of gastro-esophageal cancer at the age of 53. In 1994, he formed his own law firm devoted to nuclear environmental and ...