Poster
07-15-2004, 09:42 AM
The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump will continue with construction even though a federal court decision will not allow the facility to house nuclear material until it can be proven that the site will not allow radiation leakage for at least 10,000 years. Last week The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected an attempt to block the site from being located in Nevada, but stated the 10,000 year guarantee had been ignored and needed to be resolved.
Republican Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, a long-time nuclear industry proponent, said assuring safety over that timeframe is "impossible," and that the industry will "stand or fall" on how the court's objection is addressed.
We are still on track toward submitting a license application in December of this year, and opening the repository and beginning waste acceptance in 2010," Deputy Energy Secretary Kyle McSlarrow told a Senate Energy Committee hearing on nuclear energy.
For more information see: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/14/nuclear.yucca.dc.reut/
Republican Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, a long-time nuclear industry proponent, said assuring safety over that timeframe is "impossible," and that the industry will "stand or fall" on how the court's objection is addressed.
We are still on track toward submitting a license application in December of this year, and opening the repository and beginning waste acceptance in 2010," Deputy Energy Secretary Kyle McSlarrow told a Senate Energy Committee hearing on nuclear energy.
For more information see: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/14/nuclear.yucca.dc.reut/