INSIGHT: How Bedrock Environmental Law Can Break the Nuclear Waste Logjam

INSIGHT: How Bedrock Environmental Law Can Break the Nuclear Waste Logjam: The 30-year battle over nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain in Nevada shows it’s time for the Atomic Energy Act to be amended. Geoffrey Fettus, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, says Congress should pass legislation to end the exemption of nuclear waste from hazardous waste and other bedrock environmental laws.