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USA’s nuclear waste crisis- the turmoil continues

NRC panel: Nuclear waste dump process continues, Google hosted news, By KEN RITTER (AP) – 30 June 2010, LAS VEGAS — A Nuclear Regulatory Commission legal panel put a proposal for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada back on track Tuesday, at least until the full commission decides whether the Department of Energy can withdraw its plan.Energy Secretary Steven Chu doesn’t have the authority to pull the plug on a process that Congress started when it passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act in 1982, the NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board said in a 47-page order issued in Rockville, Md………..

The panel’s ruling dealt a blow to President Obama’s effort to kill the Yucca Mountain project — a campaign promise he made and a longtime goal for the Nevada congressional delegation and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

“The full commission will … make the final decision,” Reid, D-Nev., said in a statement Tuesday. “Our country has some of the best scientific minds in the world, and I am confident they can come up with a safer solution to deal with the nation’s nuclear waste.” The Associated Press: NRC panel: Nuclear waste dump process continues

June 30, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium