Yucca Mountain cancellation creates expensive headaches for DOE and Navy

By Laurel Adams

Government scrambles to figure out alternatives to canceled Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage

The politics of energy: Nuclear power

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2003 — On May 28, 2003, two chairs sat empty at a Las Vegas hearing called by Nevada's U.S. senators to assess conc

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nuclear Waste Policy Act":

"… h the lethal byproducts of nuclear generation.In 1982, Congress passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which required the Department of Energy to identify three prospective sit …"

Nuclear waste problem unsolved

By The Center for Public Integrity

Years after the deadline, the Department of Energy still has no construction plans for a national site for radioactive waste

Excerpts from this story referencing "Nuclear Waste Policy Act":

"… nationwide. The roots of the issue date back to 1982, when passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act created the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) within …"