Tag: Yucca Mountain

A 'no trespassing' sign warns people to stay away from the proposed nuclear waste dump site of Yucca Mountain (L) February 7, 2002 at Nellis Air Force Base, located approximately 90 miles north of Las Vegas, NV. Â (Photo by David McNew/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Federal regulators say Yucca safe for nuclear waste

Zack Colman · January 29, 2015 11:49 pm

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner Stephen Burns testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

Obama taps new chief nuclear regulator

Zack Colman · December 23, 2014 11:23 pm

Nine environmental groups sued the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday because they said the agency hasn't addressed how to store nuclear waste even though it resumed issuing reactor licenses last week. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Environmental groups sue feds over nuclear waste ruling

Zack Colman · October 29, 2014 6:57 pm

Pete Vavricka conducts an underground train from the entrance of Yucca Mountain in Nevada. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Energy and Environment

If GOP wins, Reid could lose nuclear waste fight

Susan Ferrechio · October 27, 2014 9:00 am

Members of a pro-Yucca Mountain group rally in Reno, Nev. (AP/Scott Sonner)

Energy and Environment

Yucca Mountain could safely store nuclear waste, regulators say

Zack Colman · October 16, 2014 8:22 pm

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that nuclear waste could safely be stored on site indefinitely. The new rule also lifted a two-year moratorium on new licensing. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Energy and Environment

Nuclear waste doesn’t need to be shipped, regulators say

Zack Colman · August 26, 2014 8:16 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said there's little chance that a nuclear waste bill she's co-sponsoring will make it amid shifting committee responsibilities. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

Lisa Murkowski says nuclear waste bill doubtful this Congress

Zack Colman · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Supreme Court to hear First Amendment Case on “False” Political Speech

Red Alert Politics

Supreme Court to hear First Amendment Case on “False” Political Speech

Mike Wakefield · January 13, 2014 4:56 pm

Binders making up the 17 volumes which contain the Energy Department's application to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada are displayed shortly after they were delivered to the offices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 3, 2008. The federal government has yet to rule on whether Yucca can safely store waste in the long term. A 1982 federal law says the government must evaluate whether Yucca can perform that function. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Energy and Environment

Nuclear regulator to restart Yucca review

Zack Colman · November 18, 2013 5:00 am