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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Yucca Mountain

Court Weighs an Order on Nuclear Waste Site in Nevada
New York Times
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court indicated Friday that it would issue an order for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resume an evaluation of a possible nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, a volcanic ridge in the Nevada desert, unless ...
Court seeks signs from Congress on Yucca
Las Vegas Review - Journal
In five pages of discussion that accompanied the order, judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia indicated the Nuclear Regulatory Commission defied federal law when it suspended work on a Yucca Mountain license application in 2010.
Appeals court puts off ruling on Yucca Mountain
The Associated Press
Appeals court puts off ruling on Yucca Mountain. By By FREDERIC J. FROMMER – 1 minute ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has put off deciding whether to force the government to act on a license for a proposed nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
Is Harry Reid a racist?
Power Line (blog)
With the Huffington Post's complicity, Reid tries to make it appear that his outrage stems from Magwood's alleged failure to keep his word that he would oppose storing nuclear material in Yucca Mountain. But Reid and the friendly HuffPo reporter fail to make ...
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In ruling, judges confirm Washington state's main allegation in Yucca Mountain ...
Access Washington
“Today's order confirms that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission violated the law in dismantling the process for licensing Yucca Mountain,” said Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna. “While we are disappointed that the NRC was today not ...

Court re-energizes fight for nuclear-waste repository

The Seattle Times -
Court re-energizes fight for nuclear-waste repository. Regardless of President Obama pulling the plug on a nuclear-waste dump in Nevada, a federal court said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is obligated to continue trying to license Yucca Mountain as a ...

Court Weighs an Order on Nuclear Waste Site in Nevada

New York Times -
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court indicated Friday that it would issue an order for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resume an evaluation of a possible nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, a volcanic ridge in the Nevada desert, unless ...

Yucca Mountain decision put off

Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - ‎13 hours ago‎
Supporters of opening a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., see indications that an appeals court may order the project to move forward, even though the court issued an order Friday delaying a decision. The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. ...

Court delays action on Yucca Mountain

Greenville News - ‎14 hours ago‎
Yucca Mountain as a solution to dispose of the nation's stockpiles of nuclear waste — including tons of waste at Oconee Nuclear Station — has been on hold for years, but in the coming winter one court has signaled it could take action thawing the ...

In ruling, judges confirm Washington state's main allegation in Yucca Mountain ...

Access Washington -
back. In ruling, judges confirm Washington state's main allegation in Yucca Mountain lawsuit. OLYMPIA – Although stopping short of ordering action for the time being, the United States Court of Appeals today agreed with Washington state and seven other ...

Court seeks signs from Congress on Yucca

Las Vegas Review - Journal - ‎Aug 3, 2012‎
WASHINGTON - A divided panel of federal judges Friday put off deciding whether to force the government to restart licensing for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site. A court order put the case on the back burner until December. In the meantime, one judge ...

Court refuses to order Congress to spend last $10 million on Yucca Mountain

Las Vegas Sun - ‎Aug 3, 2012‎
Court refuses to order Congress to spend last $10 million on Yucca Mountain. By Karoun Demirjian (contact). Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 | 12:02 p.m.. In a welcome reprieve for opponents of the nuclear waste repository, the federal appeals court will not force the ...

US appeals court delays decision on Yucca Mountain licensing suit

Platts - ‎Aug 3, 2012‎
US appeals court delays decision on Yucca Mountain licensing suit. Washington (Platts)--3Aug2012/1251 pm EDT/1651 GMT. The US appeals court on Friday said it will wait until Congress sets the fiscal 2013 budget before it decides whether to order the US ...

Post-Yucca Mountain bill still a work in progress

Las Vegas Review - Journal - ‎Aug 2, 2012‎
WASHINGTON - A new plan to manage thousands of tons of the nation's nuclear waste was unveiled this week by a senator who conceded it is very much a work in progress. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural ...
 
 
 

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